Fighting Equifax, Data Privacy - Reuben Metcalfe
Humans of Bitcoin
English - December 03, 2019 15:03 - 52 minutes - 96.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture News Tech News bitcoin bitcoinstories hob humansofbitcoin Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 2017, the bitcoin community was outraged by the extreme negligence of Equifax in one of the largest data breaches ever.
A central point of vulnerability was hacked and personal data including social security and credit card numbers were leaked onto the interwebs.
We have a short memory: Equifax stock is up roughly 43% this year!
Two years later, Reuben and his company, Class Action Inc are still fighting for the people. They recently filed an objection to a laughable settlement offer: less than $5 per person to less than 10% of those affected.
We discuss data freedom, digitizing law, and decentralizing power.