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I think the more apt comparison to letting people die if they can afford healthcare is for Equifax to make all their data public, and you can pay Equifax a coup

• rectang 9y ago
  Meh, I misunderstood who "let them die" refer to -- I thought it was the CRAs, not people. :\ I still feel like your analogy doesn't adequately capture the negative externality in the identity theft that the CRAs enable. In a healthy marketplace, the cost of that identity theft would be borne by the people who profit from it, not innocent third parties. How do we get to a marketplace where that crushing cost falls upon the deserving party, dissuading them from their destructive course? We need to acknowledge that the quantitative change in the accessibility of personal credit information amounts to a qualitative change, justifying a rethink about who owns it.
  • ams6110 9y ago
    > Meh, I misunderstood who "let them die" refer to -- I thought it was the CRAs not people. No, you understood correctly the first time.