• Wired: 6 fresh horrors from the Equifax (former) CEO’s Congressional hearing

    Posted on October 4, 2017 at 09:32 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Lily Hay Newman at Wired has distilled the essence of  yesterday’s hearing with Richard Smith. It’s mind-boggling.

    As many of you know, I’m no fan of the credit reporting agencies, least of all Equifax. (Try moving back to the US from overseas and you’ll see what I mean.) But this is… dumbfounding.

    I wonder about the other credit reporting agencies. More than that, I wonder about the state of stored personal information everywhere — including Microsoft and Google.

    Surely, this has to be one of the key issues for the coming decade.

    From today’s testimony:

    Thanks to Rich Uncle Pennybags for providing needed perspective.

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