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Re:Crooks threaten to leak 3B personal records 'stolen from ... by wing-_-nuts on Monday June 03, 2024 @04:52PM (#40567419)
'Crippling loss'? Haha. Look at the equifax debacle. They set aside some paltry amount of money for the class action, almost instantly ran out and then everyone collectively shrugged.

Regs are rarely ever meant to actually favor the average citizen over the corporation. Just look how quickly the consumer protection agency was killed.

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Re:Crooks threaten to leak 3B personal records 'stolen from ... by FireBeyond on Monday June 03, 2024 @06:25PM (#40568351)
Then they offered free enrollment in their credit protection services.

But... you had to supply a credit card to enroll.

And... after six/twelve months they'd automatically roll you over to their highest tier plan, and start billing you.

It might as well have been a promo scheme.

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Re:Crooks threaten to leak 3B personal records 'stolen from ... by JackYoustra on Monday June 03, 2024 @05:21PM (#40567699)
The CFPB survived the lawsuit against it?
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