[Novalug] Totally OT: Identify Theft

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Mon Jul 14 15:05:57 EDT 2008


> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008, Mackenzie Morgan wrote:
>
> MM >On Sun, 2008-07-13 at 09:11 -0700, Subba Rao wrote:
> MM >> Anyway, one of my colleagues mentioned the following services which
> MM >> will alert you about attempts to rob your identity.
> MM >>
> MM >> http://www.lifelock.com/
> MM >> http://www.loudsiren.com/
> MM >>
> MM >> I believe you can do the same services for free thru the 3 credit
> MM >> scoring companies.  Research a little bit on that.
> MM >
> MM >All they do is put a lock on your credit.  And heck, the owner of
> MM >LifeLock had his identity stolen, so take that for what it's worth...
> MM >The locks are only good if the places bother to check your credit.
> MM >
>
> here is an article about the Lifelock founder's ID theft and its
> consequences
>
> http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/22/lifelock.flap.ap/index.html
>
>
Good link about reducing risk of fraud:

http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs17-it.htm

Jay


> MM >--
> MM >Mackenzie Morgan
> MM >http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com
> MM >apt-get moo
> MM >
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