Synchrony branded credit cards do the same thing, they use your SSN to obtain phone numbers from one of the Transunion skip trace databases. So even though I’ve only ever given Synchrony my dummy number, when I try to change my password I get a selection of phone numbers that they want to send a verification code to, and those numbers only exist in that Transunion database.<p>You can’t correct or remove anything from the Transunion database, because it’s not used for credit decisions there is no way to force them to do it.<p>So instead I’ve made it a game to try and see how many phone numbers I can get added to the database. My goal is to request a free copy of my file one day and have it arrive on a pallet.<p>Maybe if I fill out a credit card application and list Kevin Bacon’s address as a former residence then they’ll add him to my list of known associates...