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Hacker News Recap
November 11th, 2023 | How I got here
Nov 12, 2023
This podcast discusses the vulnerabilities of Experian credit reporting, personal experiences with fraud, multilingual naming strategies, challenges in music metadata encoding, the myth of data anonymization, user data collection and cryptographic hashing, and KDE's adoption of Wayland in Plasma 6.0.
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- Experian's authentication process allows identity thieves to hijack personal accounts, highlighting the need for better privacy laws and alternatives to Social Security numbers.
- The story of an inmate turned software developer underscores the importance of education and technology in prisons for successful rehabilitation and reducing recidivism.
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Security concerns with Experience Credit reporting
The podcast discusses the enduring security concerns surrounding Experian, a consumer credit reporting bureau. It highlights a vulnerability that allows identity thieves to hijack personal accounts and re-register them using a different email address. The insufficiency of Experian's authentication process is emphasized, leading to a call for better privacy laws and alternatives to using Social Security numbers for identification.
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