How to prevent identity theft

It bears repeating and here’s a good article with practical advice on how to prevent becoming a victim to identity theft. This article focuses on three main strategies…deter, detect, & defend.

Medical ID theft is on the rise

Your medical information is at an even greater threat of theft, errors, or compromise. Medical id theft is on the rise. Google is talking about allowing your Dr. to upload your data to Google servers (with your consent, supposedly).

Bush now states he can open and read your private mail

President Bush feels he can read your mail without a warrant. The bill doesn’t say that, but Bush elaborates…

You need this on your computer

Have a laptop that you carry around? Have important financial business on your computers? You need a good encryption program. Right now, we feel TrueCrypt is one of the best! In fact, it’s free for PC, Mac, and Linux. You can encrypt entire

HSBC re-issues 6000 atm/credit cards due to ID theft

If you belong to HSBC, you may want to change your pin number…quickly!  The UK bank is re-issuing  atm/debit cards which  raises the OH SH#T! factor seven-fold. They aren’t just issuing a teeny little press release…they are  trying frantically

Canada tell troops to be careful on Facebook

Canada has warned it’s troops not to post personal, identifiable information on Facebook. It seems that terrorists are trying to put bits of information together and this is a threat to the soldier’s friends and families.

The banks with the highest amount of ID Theft

Customers of HSBC, Bank of America, and Washington Mutual suffer the highest rates of identity theft in the banking industry, according to an investigative study released Wednesday by a UC Berkeley Law School researcher.