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The bureaus made some of the data provided by consumers—known as credit header information—available to other companies. The FTC defines credit header information as the portion of a consumer’s credit report that typically contains the person’s name, birth date, current and prior addresses, Social Security number, and telephone number. Essentially, it can include everything on a person’s credit report above the details on who they have borrowed money from—the top, or the header, of the document.
The Secret Weapon Hackers Can Use to Dox Nearly Anyone in America for $15
404media.co
Privacy, in its various forms, is ultimately about control. The ethic of nondisclosure involves our ability to control access to information about ourselves, whether the information is favorable or unflattering. The ethic of noninterference involves our ability to control decisions about our own lives, for good or ill. When we disaggregate these meanings, it becomes easier to understand how their connection, through mutual reinforcement, is basic to personal liberty.
Why the “Privacy” Wars Rage On
Jeannie Suk Gersen
Beyond his prowess as a Silicon Valley Merlin, Jobs’s footwear choices—or often, lack thereof—have remained a persistent fascination well past his death. He’s been held up as a dadcore icon for his near-religious dedication to New Balance’s blocky running sneakers. He was often photographed during his lifetime going conspicuously barefoot around the Apple offices. In his biography of Jobs, author Walter Isaacson recalled how in the mid-1970s, the budding tech savant arrived at the Atari offices wearing sandals and was referred to as a “hippie kid.”
Steve Jobs’s Beat-Up Birkenstocks Sold for $218,000. A Fan Made His Own.
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