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>If I download a piece of software, then yes, I can expect to take responsibility for verifying it serves my purposes. Under current law. Since the Equifax br
by danjoc 9y ago
>If I download a piece of software, then yes, I can expect to take responsibility for verifying it serves my purposes.
Under current law.
Since the Equifax break in, journalists have been demanding legislation to change that,
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/opinion/equifax-accountability-security.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/opinion/equifax-accountab...
https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/09/14/software-is-a-long-con/ https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/09/14/software-is-a-long-con...
>I never asked Equifax to keep me in their database and send my information to creditors.
It seems you can't be expected to take responsibility for reading the fine print in your loan agreements. Quite an interesting bit of cognitive dissonance you have there.
- imgabe 9y agoAgreeing to something is not the same as asking for something. Consumers are not the customers for credit bureaus. We tolerate them, but now maybe not.