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Re:The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in... by FFP999 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @01:52PM (#37226291)
I bet if there were meaningful consequences for sloppy custody of data (i.e. fines large enough to hurt, as opposed to the "LOL whoopsie doopsie have some free credit monitoring" nonsense), credit bureaus would clean up their act. I do not anticipate this happening anytime soon.
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Re:The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in... by tornato7 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @02:17PM (#37226611)
Free credit monitoring for a year, then ato-renews at $89.99/yr after that. Oh, and to sign up for credit monitoring you have to share even more personal data with them, but they pinky promise not to lose it this time.
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Re:The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in... by polygamous_bat on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @02:01PM (#37226426)
Exactly, what reason do they have for being more careful if there's nothing to lose and everything to gain for them?
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