May 22, 2008
- Lifelock is a Waste of Money
When I was introducing iDefend to 33 PC User Groups in Arizona in March, I took some heat for comparing iDefend with Lifelock. At one meeting, a few Lifelock subscribers openly criticized me for offering up a few critical facts about Lifelock and the veracity of its founders, so I stopped comparing iDefend to Lifelock. I should have known better than to disparage the competition anyway. (…)
April 11, 2008
- USA Today: Identity Thieves Tax the System
USA Today has an excellent article on Identity Theft and stolen tax refunds. There are some good anecdotal stories as well as some great quotes. (…)
March 6, 2008
- So You Think Identity Theft is Bad Where YOU Live?
I heard a statistic on the radio news here in Phoenix that floored me: 1 in 4 Arizona residents (it might have been Phoenix residents) have had their identities compromised or stolen. Unbelievable - but probably not too far from the truth.
I've been in the Phoenix metropolitan area this week giving presentations to PC Users Groups that belong to the Arizona Association of Computer Clubs (or AZACC - see www.AZACC.org). As part of my presentation (which mentions this blog), I ask the audience how many know that Phoenix is #1 on the list of cities that have the worst problem with identity theft. Only about half know. I then ask them to raise their hands if their identities have been compromised in some way. (Between 10% and 20% of the hands go up). (…)
February 23, 2008
- US Postal Service Identity Theft Notification Letter
Yesterday, I got a call from Russ Powell, one of my ISAs in North Carolina, asking if I had gotten the same mailing about Identity Theft from the Postmaster General that he had. I hadn't. (…)
February 19, 2008
- iSimplify
iSimplify from INVISUS Direct - The Best of Everything That INVISUS Has To Offer
If you can possibly scrape together $50 a month (and I can no more imagine going without iSimplify than trying to go without phone service or Internet access), then iSimplify is worth every penny and more. (…)
February 16, 2008
- iDefend
From INVISUS Direct - A Complete Identity Theft Protection, Insurance, and Recovery Plan
Unless you've been living in a cave for the last decade, you probably know that Identity Theft is the fastest-growing white collar crime in the U.S., and that over 1 in 20 Americans have suffered from some form of identity theft, with over 8 million new cases a year skewing your chances of being a victim worse every year. (…)
January 19, 2008
- Looking for Information about PC care, PC security, identity theft, cybercrime, or INVISUS?
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