bfjsnsibs · HackerTrans

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This subthread is about, or at least started out when I initially responded as - adtech using ssn as an user identifier. I responded to that. I didn't intend to make any claims about anything else. Equifax is not adtech and is explicitly in the business of collecting ssn and related data.

bfjsnsibs

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> You might have more faith in regulatory systems than you should.

I don't. What I do have faith in us companies to have a profit motive and work in favor of self preservation. And that comes with reducing risk for the company.

An example of a local company with bad security practices due to negligence or malice is no evidence of a publicly traded big tech company wanting to do the same.

bfjsnsibs

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Because they don't like regulatory costs of storing/using sensitive data e.g. legal costs, compliance requirements etc ( if not now, requirements that come up in the future). One can get the exact same utility by generating a user identifier themselves instead - user logins, device info, ip, usage pattern etc should give all the info needed. More over these companies operate in multiple countries.

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