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I wonder if the personal financial information on everyone in congress and the executive branch are in the data. You'd think they would get right on it given th

• mikeash 9y ago
  If I were Equifax, I’d have a group dedicated to monitoring the records of such people and ensuring that fraud got shut down very quickly with no cost or hassle to the target.
  • macintux 9y ago
    That would imply a level of concern and corporate maturity that seems absent.
    • mikeash 9y ago
      You misunderstand. It’s not about concern, but rather about insulating powerful people from the consequences of your fuckups so they’ll let you get on with the business of screwing over everybody else. If your business is built on causing problems for essentially every American adult, you’ll get away with a lot more if you can exclude lawmakers from that set.
  • raverbashing 9y ago
    The real question is, why would someone offer credit products to someone just presenting a SSN and a signature. Mother's maiden name? That's the real idiocy of the american system (not letting Equifax off the hook here)