I encrypt my SSN by making up a new one every time some ahole asks for it. On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 5:38 PM, Phil Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Jack J. Woehr wrote: > >Okay, I have the answer to the Equifax question. > >I obtained the answer by the simple act of freezing my records on all > three services: > >Experian and Transunion: Had to jump through many verification hoops, > answer trick questions. > >Equifax: One simple basic info screen and I'm the owner of my account > freeze. > >Reveals everything we need to know about the breach, don't you think? > > Ouch. True, but you missed Innovis-the fourth, soon (I expect) to be one > of the Big Three. > > A kinder interpretation is that EFX decided that they'd pissed people off > enough already, and should make it easy to freeze-they also stopped > charging for it even in states like mine where they're allowed to do so. > Innovis also doesn't charge, but I expect that's because they're relatively > small, can't afford to irritate people. Not saying that EFX deserves this > interpretation, just sayin' that it's possible. > > ...phsiii > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
