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I feel data breach is no longer qualified as news these days, it pops up here and there regularly for a long while now, nobody is safe. my identity has been in

I feel data breach is no longer qualified as news these days, it pops up here and there regularly for a long while now, nobody is safe. my identity has been in the wild for a few years and someone even used my identity to do credit card, buy phones and get new driver licenses, even claim IRS tax refund. nowadays I check my accounts daily, that's the only thing I can do, to monitor things closely, I mean, on a daily basis, what else can I do. don't mention the credit alert etc, the impostor set that up before me, they had everything about me, and yes I got letters that my info was leaked multiple times over the years.

rawgabbit 2y ago
I created an account with all three credit bureaus and "freeze" them. I can unfreeze them at any time.
- cheschire 2y ago
  For everyone’s benefit: https://my.equifax.com/membercenter/#/freeze https://my.equifax.com/membercenter/#/freeze https://usa.experian.com/mfe/regulatory/security-freeze https://usa.experian.com/mfe/regulatory/security-freeze https://service.transunion.com/dss/freezeStatus.page https://service.transunion.com/dss/freezeStatus.page NOTE: do not pay for this service from any of these companies. Placing and lifting a credit freeze is a free and nearly instantaneous action. NOTE 2: you may need to try the link multiple times as the login action sometimes takes you away from the requested page (Experian…)
  - TheBozzCL 2y ago
    I still remember how much I was seething about the Equifax breach back in 2017. In fact, it still makes me angry today! I’ve been part of so many data breaches by now - some of them from companies I’ve never interacted with, just because another company shared my data with them. That was the moment I realized that I just can’t trust corporations with my safety and went on the defensive. Which reminds me, I still need to find a way to set up a new phone number for each company that requests it.

rawgabbit 2y ago

I created an account with all three credit bureaus and "freeze" them. I can unfreeze them at any time.

cheschire 2y ago
For everyone’s benefit: https://my.equifax.com/membercenter/#/freeze https://my.equifax.com/membercenter/#/freeze https://usa.experian.com/mfe/regulatory/security-freeze https://usa.experian.com/mfe/regulatory/security-freeze https://service.transunion.com/dss/freezeStatus.page https://service.transunion.com/dss/freezeStatus.page NOTE: do not pay for this service from any of these companies. Placing and lifting a credit freeze is a free and nearly instantaneous action. NOTE 2: you may need to try the link multiple times as the login action sometimes takes you away from the requested page (Experian…)
- TheBozzCL 2y ago
  I still remember how much I was seething about the Equifax breach back in 2017. In fact, it still makes me angry today! I’ve been part of so many data breaches by now - some of them from companies I’ve never interacted with, just because another company shared my data with them. That was the moment I realized that I just can’t trust corporations with my safety and went on the defensive. Which reminds me, I still need to find a way to set up a new phone number for each company that requests it.