Aslanta

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[–] Aslanta 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

On the contrary to drawbacks, it benefits some companies to leak data when partnerships between corporations are made based on data swaps. And the first person to snitch on this practice gets whacked, apparently.

[–] Aslanta 5 points 1 day ago

Preceded by, “whether it’s fair to excuse big power users from paying for the grid.”

NO, it’s not. Nobody in charge seems to know the word NO when it comes to big tech. Just say NO.

[–] Aslanta 1 points 3 days ago

Maybe this is why they want to expand the limitations for work visas. Bring people in who tend not to ask questions… Not at first, anyway. It takes a while to get the hang of how this American corporate greed thing works.

[–] Aslanta 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Land of the free to exploit whomever you want to if you already have billions. And you’re right. The state of Minnesota just past a law that specifically defines a controller as any business with the data of more than 100,000 people, and a consumer as any individual in a household, and a small business as an entity that does not make 25% of their revenue from data. Guess whose rights of the 3 the law protects.

[–] Aslanta 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I see a ton of fake comments on polarized topics. They start off as a somewhat normal back-and-forth but if you follow it down the funnel thread eventually one commenter will stop making sense. I thought it was a propaganda/pr thing but I guess it could be bots. I’ve seen it on the privacy sub too.

[–] Aslanta 1 points 3 days ago

That’s great 😅

[–] Aslanta 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Your fingerprint, voice, face, IMEI, IP address, VPN provider, geolocation, wireless service, cell signal, Bluetooth band, battery usage, browsing history, email address, email domain, access patterns, naming habits, interests, verbiage patterns, are all things that can be used to identify you. Even if you’ve limited use of those things and more, you just listed 3 other companies who all are collecting data on you and sharing it in realtime to the company who’s site you’re trying to access.

My advice to you is to either comply and ask them how to lift the ban or get away from the site and stop selling your identity for free. Then do some HARD copy book reading on privacy. I could recommend a few but I don’t want to be confused for the propaganda posts that flood this community.

[–] Aslanta 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Credit reporting agencies are legally required to provide you a copy for free. However, like all billionaire corporations, they have become so confident in their ability to manipulate both the government and the public’s ability to make informed decisions, that they know longer care to hide the fact that they are committing a crime.

[–] Aslanta 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

This is not a verification request. If you look at the screenshot, they are explicitly asking to have access to the intimate data that my cellular carrier is willing to transfer to them, given my perpetual release of it. Probably because of an existing bargain between the two parties on how much each will bid if one takes on the other’s liability (phone company advertises they won’t release all your data forever > but phone company promotes credit company > credit company boldly requests usage data > credit company pays phone company and both win).

These are corporations who make their money by selling peoples’ data. Offering a free copy of the report is and always was just a pacifier for the privacy advocates who wanted legislation. They don’t actually have any interest in providing credit reports to the “consumer” securely or within the legally required timeframe. Their interest is in obtaining more data and in the security/validity of their own harvested datum, which are assets to them.

[–] Aslanta 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thank you for pointing this out. We all know the facade of end-user control (data opt-outs, deletion requests, report downloads., etc) leads nowhere. But I appreciate the someone who does go down that rabbit hole just to document the law-breaking at the end of the tunnel.

[–] Aslanta 1 points 2 weeks ago

There is no accessible option to request by mail. There is a tiny link (Contact us) that leads to a handful of FAQs. This isn’t a post in the Credit Report community. I’m not asking for advice on cred it report printing. I’m pointing out the blatant attempt by a $6b company to usurp even more rights to individuals’ lives than they already have.

 

I spent the weekend researching data removal methods and decided to start with my credit report. I’m not even going to get into all of the alarming privacy invasions that popped up during this process. But when I got to the experian report, I was met with T&C box that says I have to hand over my phone carrier info and it wouldn’t let me proceed without doing so. The bureaus are legally required to give you one free report a year. It’s bad enough that these companies are even given rights to my data and now they’re using it to request further information.

I’m just so angry, frustrated, and violated.

 

On their website, go to the sign in screen and click “Need help signing in”. Go through the prompts and watch the person’s username, and the legal name of all their employers (who have ever used ADP) appear on the screen.

Note: Whether or not you select “my current employer uses ADP”, it will still show you the full list of both current and previous employers (who use ADP).

From there, it is remarkably easy to gain access to paycheck information if you are ~~a grocer, a landlord, a retailer, or anyone of the 2737429193 entities who may~~ have a little extra data on them.

Edit: To address some of the comments, I feel I need to clear something up. I’m not saying this is some authoritarian configuration error ADP messed up on. It’s a standard login that works conveniently for ADP and also happens to be negligent in privacy protection. And it’s most likely completely legal for most people in the U.S.

 

I’m looking into getting a flip phone with a separate number so that I can sign up for a few apps that without associating them with ~~the complete identity profile in the data marketplace that is linked to~~ my actual phone number.

To be clear, the apps will still be downloaded and utilized on my primary smartphone. But the phone number through which I receive verification codes during registration will be a separate device.

Has any one done this? Tips for selecting a cheapo phone and prepaid service?

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