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Do I really want a startup doing this stuff? Iterate fast and break things? I would rather just have a heavily regulated industry with a lot of checks and balances handle very important data like this. Why could you even access the core databases from the front end? Why isn't the data on completely separate server where all queries are completely scrubbed and verified?


Those are interesting questions, but distract fromt he central one of just why we should continue to let Equifax exist.


Heavily regulated like: airlines, healthcare, public schools, prisons and drugs?


Air travel is pretty safe.


That and if an airline has a major crash, there is a high probability they'll be out of business relatively soon, or forced to acquire a new brand.

* Pan Am had two 747 crashes in 11 years. Flight 103 & Flight 1736 (Tenerife) although the airline was not directly to blame for either crash.

* TWA 800 (along with 9/11) led to the collapse of airline.

* Valuejet 592 crashed in Florida in 1996, grounded for several months, and then merged with Airtran Airlines in 1997.




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