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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by nokturne213@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Not only does the credit bureau max out their password length, you have a small list of available non-alphanumeric characters you can use, and no spaces. Also you cannot used a plused email address, and it had an issue with my self hosted email alias, forcing me to use my gmail address.

Both Experian and transunion had no password length limitations, nor did they require my username be my email address.

Update: I have been unable to log into my account for the last 3 days now. Every time I try I get a page saying to call customer service. After a total of 2 hours on hold I finally found the issue, you cannot connect to Equifax using a VPN. In addition there is no option for 2FA (not even email or sms) and they will hang up on you if you push the issue of their security being lax. Their reasoning for lax security and no vpn usage is "well all of our other customers are okay with this".

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[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 30 points 4 months ago

Imagine having to contract with a company in order for them not to fuck your life up with your own data. This is ridiculous.

[-] exanime@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

that they collect without your explicit consent

[-] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 months ago

You signed a contract? Pretty sure they're going to fuck it up either way and they definitely have all your data.

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