I don’t know about other countries, but freezing credit in Australia doesn’t really work. To freeze your credit, you first have to produce your ID to companies

I don’t know about other countries, but freezing credit in Australia doesn’t really work. To freeze your credit, you first have to produce your ID to companies such as Equifax which have been responsible for many data leaks. So you’re putting yourself at additional risk. Secondly, anyone with a copy of your ID can just unfreeze your credit. So it’s basically useless.