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Re:The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in... by bell-cot on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @05:22PM (#37228696)
Sounds kinda similar to a former coworker ~2 decades ago. Tried to get a mortgage, rejected, he obtained his credit file...and ~80% of the stuff in "his" credit report was for similar-named people (mostly living in the same part of the U.S.). Report said that he had purchased a house at age 5, based on the well-paid job he got at Ford Motor Co. at age 4, etc., etc.
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Re:The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in... by jimt1234 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @05:39PM (#37228882)
It's pretty much impossible to get your free annual credit report these days. It used to be relatively painless, but now you get slammed with ads for credit monitoring or whatever useless products. Or, the website just doesn't work, redirect to a page telling you to send a letter to some rando PO box.

I used to get my free credit report every year, but I stopped, which I'm sure is exactly what these scumbags want.

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Re:The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in... by smcin on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @08:07PM (#37230233)
Which website (AnnualCreditReport.com? or the three bureaux' own sites? or some other third-party website (which?)) and what do you mean "the website" just doesn't work? Be aware there are tons of unaffiliated copycat websites claiming to be the official one and just want to serve you ads; don't use them.

IME AnnualCreditReport.com was easy-to-use and never sends ads. It sounds like you were tricked into using something else. If you genuinely had an issue with AnnualCreditReport.com (unlikely), please do tell the FTC: https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/free-credit-reports

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Re:The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in... by JoBrad on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @08:08PM (#37230246)
Have you tried this site? https://www.annualcreditreport.com
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