Notified Experian on Dec. 23 that their site was allowing anyone to see the credit report for, well, basically anyone, completely bypassing their lame 4-5 multiple guess questions and other security.

Or even in cases (like mine) where trying to get your credit report generates an error saying you have 3 other options for getting your free report from them (calling, mailing, or chat w/ rep). The site said Experian didn't have enough info to validate my identity, but when I changed the url slightly, it showed me my entire report. Glad I checked, too, because the info in there is so completely wrong I don't even know where to start.

So it's Dec. 27, and I still haven't heard anything from Experian. All you needed was the person's name, address, SSN and DOB. This info has been exposed on pretty much most Americans for many years now.

BTW, I checked this with several friends who volunteered to check their own reports, and they were able to fully replicate what I did.

It's bad enough that we can't stop companies like Experian from making $2B a quarter collecting and selling our info, but there has to be some real accountability. And as we saw with the Equifax settlement, class-actions and more laughable "credit monitoring" services aren't going to cut it.

Experian has shown this year especially that it gives exactly zero fscks about securing access to the data that drives its entire business.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/08/class-action-targets-experian-over-account-security/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/07/experian-you-have-some-explaining-to-do/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/04/experian-api-exposed-credit-scores-of-most-americans/

Short rant.

Southwest Air has cancelled ~70% of its flights in an epic meltdown this holiday season.

Remember, Southwest took $3.7B in federal aid from 2020-21.

It’s CEO got a pay raise to a $9.1M package in 2022.

Yet Southwest employees are working 16 hour shifts & threatened w/termination if they refuse overtime or call in sick.

Socialism for the wealthy. Capitalism for workers.

Stop trusting billionaires. Start holding them accountable. And start protecting workers.

End Rant.

@AnnemarieBridy

He won't resign.

And Republicans won't condemn him.

The lies helped, he helped. He got power. That's all that matters.

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2022/12/26/2140705/-Right-wing-hypocrisy-is-never-hypocrisy-It-s-a-coherent-belief-system

This is the kind of rank bigotry being rebranded as the "parents' rights movement"

RT @[email protected]

Chaya Raichik went on Tucker Carlson and said the "LGBTQ community has become this cult... It's extremely poisonous." She later says "They're just evil people, and they're out to groom kids. They're recruiting."

This is one of the most bigoted interviews I've ever heard.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Esqueer_/status/1607741993089892353

If indeed Trump did this, indictments sure better follow.

“What Trump did again and again and again—taking expenses for businesses with no revenue—is so simple that jurors should have no trouble understanding the issues were Trump to be indicted by a federal or New York state grand jury.

Trump knew this was unlawful because he lost two trials over his 1984 income taxes in which he did the exact same thing..”

https://www.dcreport.org/2022/12/27/trumps-brazen-tax-cheating-revealed/

A Nov. NYT Magazine article that dives deep into released Mueller report documents & shows that Manafort was cutting a deal with the Russians to promise standing down for occupation of eastern Ukraine in exchange for Russians helping Trump win in 2016.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/magazine/russiagate-paul-manafort-ukraine-war.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqYhlSVUbASbQVNcuvByAiL_V3acnh3bxJTSYDC5L0uBQBoGG8knKf7Ymetgp1jWdSZpeOaVpROB3yqUXGX1RfDSSg8nOnoUZcWJyoJivX2gy0tXAB-Bjqza7YyywIusvgeDv7kLDOWnpDbjf1HAgJQplocM1dlG6yDdfkPe-Z-1-0th12PwgAokrBmtTIXnX4IS7Tkl2K96EbRrD6gIpWO8_WT3bmN-U67JoYxwFQBudDys5uTBgnYsabNAHP6__LQoieN79gNgSDm9uJYSpBv4hVozaUXq537aGwf2FjdrScKc

IN CASE OF FIRE:

1) If someone is on fire, punch them in the face.

2) Cop a feel off the person behind you, as these might be your last minutes on Earth.

3) Squeeze the junk of the person in front of you. It'll slow them down, allowing you to move ahead of them.

4) Exit.