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We need to stop treating SSNs as if they are a secret. A SSN receives little more protection than a credit card number, and yet the consequences of having it st
by apowell 17y ago
We need to stop treating SSNs as if they are a secret. A SSN receives little more protection than a credit card number, and yet the consequences of having it stolen are far greater and much more difficult to remedy.
- tokenadult 17y agoYes, I try to imagine that my SSN has already been spread all around the Internet, and thus remind myself that I can't consider it secure.
- sachinag 17y agoThe biggest risk is identity theft where the culprit uses your SSN to gain credit in your name to buy stuff. You can protect yourself by placing a "freeze" on your credit report. This is essentially what LifeLock does (simplified). But you can do it for free by calling the rating agencies yourself: http://www.ehow.com/how_4447446_block-companies-checking-credit-report.html http://www.ehow.com/how_4447446_block-companies-checking-cre...
- mhb 17y agoI thought that the problem with this is that it only freezes it for a certain amount of time and then you have to call again.Maybe that's not true or has changed?