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Right. It doesn't make any sense. Can they really prove it was you or that it wasn't you that did the search or lookup?

bb88 9y ago
You had to enter your lastname and last 6 digits of your SSN. So there's a high likelyhood that it would be you. On the other hand, you might be able to make a case that since they leaked your information, they couldn't prove it was you anyway.
- yebyen 9y ago
  I wouldn't say "might be able to make a case." I think you've just made the case right there. The company has proven their inability to determine whether or not you are who you say you are, by their own admission that your personal information was lifted from their servers. I don't know who's signing up for these "free" identity protection services anyway. This company has failed to protect the personal information of roughly half the population of the entirety of US. (I understand they are not limited to US, but those are the numbers.) They do not need to be "protecting" anybody after that. They should be tarred and feathered for putting up these websites after what they've done, and whatever lawyer advised them to sneak in a provision against class action lawsuit should be immediately disbarred, in my not so humble opinion. How many digits of my SSN do I need to enter into this five-day-old website that provides me with no clue what they're going to do next, in order to see if I need any further "protection" from this group with which I have no direct relationship, and whom I've never done business with, but that has diligently kept records on me for my entire adult life?
- Alex3917 9y ago
  > You had to enter your lastname and last 6 digits of your SSN. So there's a high likelyhood that it would be you. Except for that Equifax has all that data. So what's to stop them from just using their own data to prevent anyone else from suing them? (Or to prevent the people who stole the data from doing this for whatever reason.)
- didibus 9y ago
  Except for the fact that your data was leaked by Equifax, so everyone can have it now.
- smsm42 9y ago
  > You had to enter your lastname and last 6 digits of your SSN. So there's a high likelyhood that it would be you. You mean right after the database containing full list of SSNs and last names of virtually every person in the US has been stolen? Of course, there's nobody around that could guess this information. And of course, there's no way to enumerate most common last names and the huge amount of 6 digits... It probably would take literally a million milliseconds!

bb88 9y ago

You had to enter your lastname and last 6 digits of your SSN. So there's a high likelyhood that it would be you. On the other hand, you might be able to make a case that since they leaked your information, they couldn't prove it was you anyway.

yebyen 9y ago
I wouldn't say "might be able to make a case." I think you've just made the case right there. The company has proven their inability to determine whether or not you are who you say you are, by their own admission that your personal information was lifted from their servers. I don't know who's signing up for these "free" identity protection services anyway. This company has failed to protect the personal information of roughly half the population of the entirety of US. (I understand they are not limited to US, but those are the numbers.) They do not need to be "protecting" anybody after that. They should be tarred and feathered for putting up these websites after what they've done, and whatever lawyer advised them to sneak in a provision against class action lawsuit should be immediately disbarred, in my not so humble opinion. How many digits of my SSN do I need to enter into this five-day-old website that provides me with no clue what they're going to do next, in order to see if I need any further "protection" from this group with which I have no direct relationship, and whom I've never done business with, but that has diligently kept records on me for my entire adult life?
Alex3917 9y ago
> You had to enter your lastname and last 6 digits of your SSN. So there's a high likelyhood that it would be you. Except for that Equifax has all that data. So what's to stop them from just using their own data to prevent anyone else from suing them? (Or to prevent the people who stole the data from doing this for whatever reason.)
didibus 9y ago
Except for the fact that your data was leaked by Equifax, so everyone can have it now.
smsm42 9y ago
> You had to enter your lastname and last 6 digits of your SSN. So there's a high likelyhood that it would be you. You mean right after the database containing full list of SSNs and last names of virtually every person in the US has been stolen? Of course, there's nobody around that could guess this information. And of course, there's no way to enumerate most common last names and the huge amount of 6 digits... It probably would take literally a million milliseconds!