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Anyone else confirmed this? Don't know who Tony is, usually like more sources that a tweet.

anyfoo 9y ago
Just try it out for yourself, like others did: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15204573 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15204573
- withdavidli 9y ago
  I'm not using anything that Equifax set up in case it waives any of my rights. This is how bad it's gotten, people are afraid/untrusting of their security/protection measures. Thank you for linking to more accounts of this.
  - wglb 9y ago
    They can't waive your rights. See https://twitter.com/AGSchneiderman/status/906195350532304896 https://twitter.com/AGSchneiderman/status/906195350532304896
Toxygene 9y ago
I worked with Tony a number of years ago and have been following him on social media. He does a lot of public records research, and for the last two+ years or so, he's been fighting the Hennepin Count Sheriffs office over public records requests about law enforcement's use of biometrics. As of April of this year, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled against Hennepin county. I'm not sure if the county is planning on appealing to the Minnesota Supreme Court, but based on their behavior so far, I'd bet on an appeal. If you need more convincing, check out his blog at https://tonywebster.com/ https://tonywebster.com/. PS. Direct link to his post about the MN Court of Appeals outcome: https://tonywebster.com/2017/04/minnesota-court-of-appeals-data-practices-burden/ https://tonywebster.com/2017/04/minnesota-court-of-appeals-d...
8cmj7A 9y ago
I can confirm at least the first 6 digits are MMDDYY based on the date that I saved it into 1password. The last 4 digits seem like could very likely be hhmm. Edit: Can confirm: The pin is the exact date/time stamp that my freeze was applied. I'm able to tell based on another note saved to 1password. It is within 1 minute :(
ankitrohatgi 9y ago
I can confirm. The time is in EST. Now anyone who knows when your froze your credit, also knows your exact PIN.

Just try it out for yourself, like others did: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15204573 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15204573

withdavidli 9y ago
I'm not using anything that Equifax set up in case it waives any of my rights. This is how bad it's gotten, people are afraid/untrusting of their security/protection measures. Thank you for linking to more accounts of this.
- wglb 9y ago
  They can't waive your rights. See https://twitter.com/AGSchneiderman/status/906195350532304896 https://twitter.com/AGSchneiderman/status/906195350532304896

Toxygene 9y ago

I worked with Tony a number of years ago and have been following him on social media. He does a lot of public records research, and for the last two+ years or so, he's been fighting the Hennepin Count Sheriffs office over public records requests about law enforcement's use of biometrics. As of April of this year, the Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled against Hennepin county. I'm not sure if the county is planning on appealing to the Minnesota Supreme Court, but based on their behavior so far, I'd bet on an appeal. If you need more convincing, check out his blog at https://tonywebster.com/ https://tonywebster.com/. PS. Direct link to his post about the MN Court of Appeals outcome: https://tonywebster.com/2017/04/minnesota-court-of-appeals-data-practices-burden/ https://tonywebster.com/2017/04/minnesota-court-of-appeals-d...

8cmj7A 9y ago

I can confirm at least the first 6 digits are MMDDYY based on the date that I saved it into 1password. The last 4 digits seem like could very likely be hhmm. Edit: Can confirm: The pin is the exact date/time stamp that my freeze was applied. I'm able to tell based on another note saved to 1password. It is within 1 minute :(

ankitrohatgi 9y ago

I can confirm. The time is in EST. Now anyone who knows when your froze your credit, also knows your exact PIN.