potentially for jobs yes, but it means also I may never be able to rent another apartment as long as those locks are on for sure, I guess I better get used to being here (eh at least I somewhat like this apartment ..)I hope this problem kills Equifax as a company. If no one used them anymore it wouldn't matter but everything from job applications to homeowners insurance is tied to these credit reports.
horrible, thanks for the warning, not that there are any good alternatives, but yea a freeze that can't be unlocked because their software is broken might be worse than no freeze. Trans-union seems to work btw, I think in your case Equifax managed to screw up the freeze as well ....Then I went to Equifax. They put the lock in place with no fee (leading me to believe it's free as a remedy because my data was compromised), but then they didn't show me my PIN. Instead I got a message "couldn't open PDF". I tried again to get to the site but it only give me options to lift the lock. So if I ever need to apply for credit I won't be able to because I don't have the PIN to temporarily lift the lock. I feel like I just made things worse for myself. Since I don't have hours to sit on hold and probably not get to a live person anyways I am writing them a letter complete with screen shots telling them they need to fix this or I am going to the appropriate governmental authorities. I will wait to see the upshot of that before doing anything with Transunion.
maybe the media should be but the media can't really actually DO anything they can just raise the issue, it's really the government that should be looking into this and seeing what can be done (even if it's just issuing everyone a new SSN, or seeing what to do about potential tax or benefit fraud due to identify theft - but really they should be exploring the whole of the issue - I mean half the country having a credit freeze on really gums of the works of you know the economy ...). But like I said complete maroons are running the place at present so I wouldn't have much hope ... the worst government money can buy and all.The media should be SCREAMING about what a disaster this is. A whole lot of people are going to eventually realize how mofo serious this is only after they get royally and truthfully f'ed. A new credit card number is easy to get.