Experian has a detailed article by Matt Tatham on some consumer
gamer vulnerabilities with Fortnite, apparently leading to some compromises of
PII and even identity theft.
This reminds me of the idea of identity theft on a platform
like Second Life.
Experian, by the way, is the successor to Chilton (through
TRW) which I worked for in the 1980s.
Maybe somebody there remembers me (in Dallas).
I wanted to note also that for several months I got emails claiming
to be from Apple about numerous (perhaps dozens) games I had supposedly
purchased in Indonesia and Belarus (a particularly vulnerable country). No, obvious spam, I think (although it simulated
an Apple address, but no statement ever showed up on my cards). It sounds possible that there is a digital
copy of me overseas, maybe created by the Russians. Could this be a problem if I travel overseas? They’ve
never shown up on my credit reports.
I also want to note that, although I didn't work on the Fair Isaacs credit scoring (then called "Risk Predictor") interface, some coworkers did and I am somewhat familiar with it. It strikes me that credit reporting companies should develop a way to account for missed payments from federal workers "taken hostage" by the president and Congress. Technically, I know it can be done. So do it.Picture: where I lived in 1979, near Dallas North Tollway at Cedar Springs; new apartment complex replaced the old Embarcadero on Lucas St.
