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Re:It's Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian by alistairSH on Sunday November 12, 2023 @12:41PM (#38242347)
Shouldn't it be trivial to sue any institution that uses SSN as a way to confirm your identity?

You’d think, yet here we are, with one of the big three credit agencies letting people steal/resteal accounts with nothing more than some public info.

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Re:It's Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian by michpoch on Sunday November 12, 2023 @03:10PM (#38243664)
Isn't that like a classic American moment when you sue them and become a millionaire?
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Re:It's Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian by alistairSH on Sunday November 12, 2023 @03:21PM (#38243750)
If only real life was like the movies. ;)
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