TAG | iDefend
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.
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USA Today: Identity Thieves Tax the System
0 Comments | Posted by dave in INVISUS, Identity Theft, PC security
Some people think I'm whistling past the graveyard when I talk about how serious the threat of Identity Theft is at user group meetings, but the facts are what they are. Consider these quotes and facts from the article by Kevin McCoy on the front page of the Money section:- Complaints to the FTC linked to Identity Theft rose 158% from 2003 to 2007. Similar complaints to the IRS Taxpayer Advocate jumped 644% over the past 3 years.
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.
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US Postal Service Identity Theft Notification Letter
0 Comments | Posted by dave in Identity Theft
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. But today it came, so I presume everyone in the country who gets mail got the letter. Therefore, I won't describe it in detail -but I can't resist commenting that:
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Looking for Information about PC care, PC security, identity theft, cybercrime, or INVISUS?
2 Comments | Posted by dave in INVISUS, Identity Theft, PC Care, PC security
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