PSA on the Equifax breach:
You can enter most anything into their "check if I've been breached" thing and it will say you've been breached.
The whole site they set up is just a scam to force people into signing up for their "identity protection service." You get a year free but you better believe they'll start charging you for it after that, and the opt-out process is never easy.
Don't buy into it. Just keep an eye on your credit report and credit/bank account statements.
@goatmoat Yeah-- @Trev@icosahedron.website mentioned that too; here was my response to him:
Several attorneys have pointed out that such a clause is not enforceable and publicly demanded that Equifax remove it from their site. It's all part of the scam.
I know a bunch of people who were not breached. I eve checked my number and mine was not affected.
It's a check, not a scam
Just don't sign up for the service and you retain your rights to a potential class-action suit
@ThatDamnCat They claim the site was broken earlier today and that folks got inaccurate results, too: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/equifax-breach-response-turns-dumpster-fire/
If you've ever used any online service Equifax provides, I'd just assume you were breached if I were you.
@ThatDamnCat Equifax's services are very useful if you want to spread your identity around to others
@mawr @ThatDamnCat but not in the fun way, of course.
Equifax: We Can Monetize People's Security Needs Against Identity Theft ™
@mawr It'll also void your ability to sue them over the breach. :/
Also, that site runs Wordpress. XD
@mawr plus using it forces you into forced arbitration to keep you from suing
(whether it'd hold up in court, who knows, still nasty)