[bwoj]

My credit report is just names and dollar amounts too. I don’t want the whole world having access to it.

[mmh0000]

heh. That's cute.

You may not "want" that. However, given the lack of consumer privacy laws in the US, anybody willing to pay can buy it from a data broker[1].

[1] https://www.experian.com/small-business/target-prospects

[bwoj]

That sounds like an admission that it’s a bad thing and not an argument about why Musk’s department should be allowed to do more of the same with even less oversight.