Beyond issues of attribution and extraterritoriality, there is the simple reality that digital technology permits the compression of vast amounts of information into brief bursts of computer code.

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The credit bureaus resolve some disputes in house, but most are assigned a code that is sent to the debt holder, sometimes with a brief explanation.

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