Equifax got hacked. Nearly 150 million people's data stolen. And the executives' first move was to quietly sell their shares. 🤦
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@david_chisnall @gcluley
In this economy‽
I feel like someone will get a bribe that won't even involve the usual token "24 months of free credit monitoring"
RE: https://mastodon.green/@gcluley/116246342593504567
The worst part of Equifax is you have no say in the matter. No signing up for the "service", no opt-in. Just "We're gonna track all of your finances, sell your data to anybody willing to pay for it, and leave it on this un-secure computer in the corner over here for somebody to steal." Absolute dogshit corp. Sure you can "freeze" your credit report, but it doesn't stop the data collection.
AND they ding you for paying off your mortgage even if you own the house. No credit? You are only as good as what you owe today, not what your history has been.
@flipper Uh, give a bunch of money and all our data to another company that doesn’t automatically use our details to enrol us but forces us to sign up ourselves through a tortuous process that requires us to agree to privacy-stripping terms and conditions.
Capitalism, ain’t it grand!
David Rickard
Graham Cluley
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)
2xfo
the_blackwell_ninja [EST]
AnnieBuddy
Bill Sharpe Gadfly
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nyanbinary
W6KME
Benjohn
Flipper 🐬🏳️🌈
Noli timere
T2R