Why does it redirect you to a talx address when you login? I mean I looked it up and it seems talx is appropriate. But these domain names not using equifax.com/redirecting to different domains is freaking stupid because it really smells like phishing
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#762"confirm your identity by providing a phone number or email to receive a one-time passcode"
At least in my case, the number/email they were willing to send a one-time passcode to were the ones I gave to my employer, not the ones I had entered earlier in the form.
In my case, the number was completely unrecognizable to me, and then I was subsequently locked out of the account...
So either the site is broken and leaking information, or someone has already laid claim to my access.
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#765Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I didn't specify an alternative model for a good reason, it doesn't exist yet. There are plenty of alternatives to what the US does. You can see them in other politically and economically advanced countries, which achieve far better results. You can see them in relatively recent US history.
by all accounts those "other" advanced countries offer a better socioeconomy model for how to organize things. The (recent) US is really an outlier that makes no sense whatsoever. But there is a weakness in this view, namely the enormous security (and energy) dependency of those "other" countries on the US. It is a coupled system, making it hard to isolate what the standalone merits of the various modelw
Well, we're not going to have double-blind controlled empirical data. However, the other countries are easily wealthy enough to fund their own militaries at this point, without significant economic impact (right after WWII, it was a different story - the US produced half of the world's economic output, IIRC).
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#766Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is that based on? It seems circular: You blame 'heterogeneity' (a concept based on a myth), it is having no effect, so therefore people just must not realize it. > Rio What do you mean by that?
One reason for the previously very high trust that existed in Sweden is the homogenous population. Everyone spoke the same language, knew the same songs, had the same values. (Other reasons could include protestantism, the cold climate, low crime rates etc). When the population is becoming very diverse, and as crime is increasing, trust falls. This is not speculation, it is well known. And it's happening in Sweden, i…
> When the population is becoming very diverse, and as crime is increasing, trust falls. This is not speculation, it is well known.
Diversity causes crime to increase? That's only 'well known' among people who oppose those who are different than them.
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#767Earlier quoted context omitted.
The reason the US does nothing about climate change, privacy, inequality, etc. is lack of homogeneity? I'd like to see some evidence of the connection. Most of those policies are opposed by the same political grouping. The US has accomplished plenty of things in the past. Homogeneity depends on the definition of the groups. Most people in the US speak English, have a smartphone, etc. The US has long unified behind id…
I wasn't referring to climate change, etc. when I replied to the nice Danish fellow. I was mostly referring to his note regarding the sense of community and equality in Denmark. My point is that cultural dissimilarity creates a lot of mistrust and frustration. If I don't have the same common goal as my neighbor, and we have a completely different style--our chances to be in conflict are a lot higher, and so my likeli…
> cultural dissimilarity creates a lot of mistrust and frustration
As I said above, 'cultural dissimilarity' is a matter of perspective and changes all the time. And it doesn't create mistrust and frustration; people acting divisively and hatefully, and supporting systems that promote those things - people do it. There's not mechanism to blame. What are you doing? What am I doing?
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#768Earlier quoted context omitted.
I loath sites that 'block voip' category services; as if Google Voice hasn't been proven MORE SECURE than T-mobile already.
Websites aren’t blocking VOIP numbers for security reasons, they’re usually blocking them for spam/trust/abuse reasons. It is easy for someone on the other side of the planet to get a US VOIP number. It’s much harder for them to get a T-Mobile number.
I strongly believe what they really want (even if they don't know they want this) is a National ID system, that includes at least weak crypto signatures as a proof someone is holding a piece of ID.
Though what I'd rather have is a portal run by the government to run ID verification requests through (so they're logged) that people can then authenticate to that site and sign off on approvals for.
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GDPR is an EU law and does not have legal legs in the US.
Depends. Do they have EU citizens in their database? GDPR is an EU law that applies to EU citizens around the world, including the US. If you are a non-EU citizen, you can't claim GDPR of course. If you are an EU citizen, you can claim GDPR regardless of the residence of the company AFAIK. Enforcement of GDPR is a different matter. I am not sure whom I'd complain to, other than my representative in the European parli…
> that applies to EU citizens around the world, including the US
No. To give a counterexample, there are EU citizens in China, and most internet companies in China don't care a fvck about GDPR, especially Tencent. You bet your conversations on WeChat are logged, sometimes subjected to censorship, and more, it's just how things work. Heck, there are even laws in China that are fully contradictory to GDPR, and the local laws take precedence, regardless of what citizenship you have, if you are physically within the borders you are subject to local laws.
The US isn't any different from China here. The EU doesn't get to enforce its laws in China, and it doesn't get to enforce its laws in the US. They aren't the world police.
That said, I'm not saying GDPR is bad, just that the US needs to have its own version of it in US law. What is bad is letting the EU enforce laws outside their borders. China doesn't, and neither should the US.
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Government isn't an outside entity. Government is the people--except in a capitalist country where government is owned by corporations.
By your logic, corporations are people too
That is indeed what the US Supreme Court agrees with you. Except of course corporations don't go to jail for committing crime.