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enlightenment

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2. I really wish someone

Reply to Zorra (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 1, 2015, 10:18 PM

Oct 2015

would start seriously wondering why having private, for-profit companies running - and ruining - the lives of millions is a good thing.

At the very least, there should be serious limits put on their role in society, because at this point, they own us all.

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Experian says 15M have info stolen in hack of T-Mobile data [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2015 OP

Obamacare uses Experian to verify the identity of Obamacare applicants. Zorra Oct 2015 #1

I really wish someone enlightenment Oct 2015 #2

^ This. n/t area51 Oct 2015 #10

to those affected - may want to wait until tomorrow - CEO may have alternative tomm2thumbs Oct 2015 #3

Privacy and Internet Security are a false hood in the 21st century Sam_Fields Oct 2015 #4

Credit monitoring is useless you need to FREEZE your credit reports. Sam_Fields Oct 2015 #5

Well.... SoapBox Oct 2015 #6

When are these companies going to actually be held accountable for their lack of security? Live and Learn Oct 2015 #7

Well, fuck! Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #8

just another reason pothos Oct 2015 #9

YOU HAVE ALL BEEN HACKED. ALL OF YOU. Experian is practicing drip leaking the info that you all have trillion Oct 2015 #11

Look at it this way, if their drip leaking is 15 million to begin with, what do you think it's going trillion Oct 2015 #12

Thank god we have corporatations. The people responsible for this data might have had to pay... Taitertots Oct 2015 #13