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I might be missing something, what do you mean by "the real version is answering randomly"?



If you entered gibberish into the site, it seems it would randomly tell you if you were compromised or not.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/08/psa-no-matter-what-you-wri...


Since this signs you up for their ID protection, doesn't this count as fraud?


Just like everything else in regards to this issue - who knows? It's a noisy mess, and the only thing we can be sure of is that it's going to be a never-ending nightmare for a lot of people through absolutely no fault of their own, requiring constant vigilance for the rest of their lives, and the system that built and continues to support this monster isn't going away any time soon.


Fraud is basically lying for profit. There's no profit in putting gibberish into this form, so it's just lying.


I think GP means fraud on Equifax's end (by telling you you are compromised even though they shouldn't be able tot ell you that since tha data is fake) to get you to bey into their protection service.


I hadn't thought of that. If they're lying to get you to sign up for a paid service then that does indeed seem like pretty blatant fraud.


Does it? I thought it just tells you if you're compromised.


Behold! Today's National Gibberish Day.


International Gibberish Day - they still haven't even made an effort to identify those in Canada and the UK who were affected. It's a whole world of nonsense.




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