# You Can’t Protect Yourself from the Equifax Breach - TidBITS

<http://tidbits.com/article/17457>

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## What Jamie wrote

The Equifax breach is different than nearly every other data breach we've seen. The breadth of the data they collect is hard to grasp and it is impossible to not be pulled into their data set. Another highlight that high concentrations of data and private information grow increasingly valuable as they grow in size.

## Facts

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