Experian

All of this info comes right from a letter from T-Mobile’s CEO.

Experian is a credit bureau.  They maintain records about your credit cards, including the applications that you might fill out with your name, birthdate, Social Security number, and mother’s maiden name.

T-Mobile uses Experian to process credit applications for new customers.

All of the T-Mobile customer application records from September 2013 through September 2015 were stolen from Experian.

Affected customers can get 2 years of free credit monitoring.

And who is going to monitor your credit for you?  Experian.

Fortunately, this particular breach doesn’t apply to me.  Because I think I’d pass on that offer.

Alabama

In 2011, Alabama passed a Voter ID law, requiring all voters to have an approved photo ID.

This month, in what is no doubt a completely unrelated coincidence, Alabama will close most of the motor vehicle offices in the poorest areas of the state.  This includes 8 of the 10 counties with the most minority voters and all of the counties where African Americans comprise 75% or more of the voting population.

It’s a good thing that the Supreme Court said that racism is fixed.  Otherwise, somebody like me might get the wrong idea.