Experian is a pile of dark pattern garbage

Re:Experian is a pile of dark pattern garbage by alexose on Monday March 13, 2023 @06:09PM (#35143688)

I signed up for an Experian account in order to correct a mistake on my credit report-- They had listed a bank account under my name that was created well before I was born, and it was tanking my credit rating.

Unfortunately I used my main email to sign up (to correct their mistake) and started getting those non-unsubscribable emails shortly after. So insulting. I did end up fixing it by changing my account email address to [email protected], though.

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Re:Experian is a pile of dark pattern garbage by dylan604 on Monday March 13, 2023 @10:30PM (#35146607)

did it really solve the problem, or do 2 emails now go out on your behalf?

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Re:Experian is a pile of dark pattern garbage by justinclift on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @02:58AM (#35148207)

Yeah, that sounds like a potential problem.

Doing a quick search for how to register .sucks domains shows up this (no idea if it's legit though):

https://get.sucks

That website says the "experian.sucks" domain is available... for US$1999.

A bit "ouch" pricing wise, but it sounds like someone could potentially take over the accounts of anyone using @experian.sucks for their email address.

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Re:Experian is a pile of dark pattern garbage by alexose on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @11:59AM (#35153651)

Better to use a non-registerable TLD for things like this I guess :)

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Re:Experian is a pile of dark pattern garbage by alexose on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @11:59AM (#35153635)

It really solved the problem. Last email I got from them was "Notification: Change of email address notification"

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