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Guess Who’s Looking at Your Credit Report?

It’s commonly known and generally accepted that banks, credit card issuers, auto lenders, credit unions and finance companies see your credit reports when you apply for a credit benefit. Many of them can pull your credit reports and scores as often as they want as part of their ongoing account management practices.

…Further, they can also see if you have open credit cards with available credit and, thus, the ability to charge the payment for the collection.
Employers
We already know that employers can review your credit reports, in most states, as part of their employment screening…

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Guess Who’s Looking at Your Credit Report?

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How to hack RFID-enabled Credit Cards for $8 (BBtv)

us-bankruptcy-law.org — A number of credit card companies now issue credit cards with embedded RFIDs (radio frequency ID tags), with promises of enhanced security and speedy transactions. But on today’s episode of Boing Boing tv, hacker and inventor Pablos Holman shows Xeni how you can use about worth of gear bought on eBay to read personal data from those credit cards — cardholder name, credit card number, and whatever else your bank embeds in this manner. Fears over data leaks from RFID-enabled cards aren’t new, and some argue they’re overblown — but this demo shows just how cheap and easy the “sniffing” can be. This episode is part of our ongoing series of interviews with some of the thinkers, hackers, and tinkerers at the O’Reilly Emerging Technology conference this year. For more episodes of Boing Boing tv, visit tv.boingboing.net. credit card, low interest, credit cards — I am not the owner of this video, the original owner retains all rights.

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