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> This FAQ says customers can set up free fraud alerts from credit bureaus Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion I once subscribed to one of these and then was sur
by codazoda 3y ago
> This FAQ says customers can set up free fraud alerts from credit bureaus Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
I once subscribed to one of these and then was surprised by monthly charges a year or so later when the “free” bit ran out.
- msdrigg 3y agoThe credit freeze portion is permanently free for all 3 sites. I use it myself. At the same time, these companies all offer other paid ‘monitoring services’ that they use heaps of dark patterns to push new users into paying for and confuse users to prevent people from finding the free ‘just security freeze’ service
- basch 3y agoThey should be required to pitch into a state monitoring insurance fund as long as the social security number of person who's information leaked, hasnt rotated yet. Seriously, what good does announcing 2 years of monitoring do, all it does is set a countdown to when somebody with the information knows to start using it.