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@zackwhittaker no “forethought to the future consequences of amassing vast banks of personal information” is required here, merely hindsight. We all know how this is going to play out. Think #Equifax.

#ageverification

Proposed class-action lawsuit could mean $10,000 payouts for affected Canadians
Canadians who use credit reporting agencies Equifax and TransUnion could cash in on a new proposed class-action lawsuit.Law firm Klyden filed a class action against Equifax and TransUnion with the Superior Court of Quebec on behalf of two affected consumers, it announced in a notice on Monday.The law firm says that in 2025, one ...
https://www.blogto.com/city/2026/05/proposed-class-action-lawsuit-payouts-canadians/

This is such a cunning, shameless, beautiful scam.

Got an email from Equifax (who exposed zillions of records to hackers not long ago if memory serves), the gist of which was:

'Nice credit rating you got there. Be a shame if something happened to it...'

I took the bait and logged in.

The images tell the story.

It's a sublime shakedown.

@pluralistic

#economics #equifax #security #tech

A look at how tri-merge credit reduces credit uncertainty. https://hackernoon.com/how-tri-merge-reduces-credit-uncertainty #equifax
How Tri-Merge Reduces Credit Uncertainty | HackerNoon

A look at how tri-merge credit reduces credit uncertainty.

Those Austrians who are concerned about their personal data they provide for the purpose of age verification leaking are overreacting. There is no reason to worry.

That's because a subsidiary of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (#ORF) already leaked every single Austrian's birthdate a few years ago, so your data is already out there. The Austrian data protection agency stated that that company "did everything right“, and there were no repercussions.

I am being sarcastic, of course. When you upload a copy of your personal id, keep in mind that the company processing it will face little to no consequences in case they leak that data. So there isn't much of an incentive to waste money on protecting it. Also, don't expect any compensation from that company (how much did you get from #equifax?) in case you incur any damages because of that leak - the onus will be on you to prove that the damages are a direct consequence of that specific leak.

Oh, and in case you think that that's not going to happen, it already did: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jmzd972leo

#ageverification #privacy

ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says

The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

Equifax got hacked. Nearly 150 million people's data stolen. And the executives' first move was to quietly sell their shares. 🤦

This is The Facepalm Files.

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