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> And the worst part is, I have no idea how I as a person could say "I don't want to do work with Equifax because I don't trust them." Freeze your account and
by dsgfhasgjklas 9y ago
> And the worst part is, I have no idea how I as a person could say "I don't want to do work with Equifax because I don't trust them."
Freeze your account and complain to the service that uses it.
Of course, you're not wrong—you have essentially zero leverage.
- astura 9y agoFreezing your account doesn't prevent you from data breaches, your account still exists in their database, they just say "its frozen" when someone requests it.
- dsgfhasgjklas 9y agoThat's true, but that's also true of anywhere that uses social security numbers for identity verification (which is an atrocious pattern considering how poorly ssns are anonymized).