Identity Protection

[Kiwon]

Does anyone have any experience or an informed opinion on these types of services?

Link (http://www.lifelock.com/lifelock-for-people/what-we-do/how-does-lifelock-protect-my-identity)

[MadtownPacker]

Not really but if you need a new social security # let me know. :lol:

[SkinBasket]

Does anyone have any experience or an informed opinion on these types of services?

Link (http://www.lifelock.com/lifelock-for-people/what-we-do/how-does-lifelock-protect-my-identity)


They're great for people who lack common sense. How much common sense you lack is a question only you can answer. Unless you lack it, then you can't.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Does anyone have any experience or an informed opinion on these types of services?

Link (http://www.lifelock.com/lifelock-for-people/what-we-do/how-does-lifelock-protect-my-identity)

SCAM.

Please read:
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-05-31/news/what-happened-in-vegas/1

Sketchy company with services you could do yourself.

[the_idle_threat]

Please read:
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2007-05-31/news/what-happened-in-vegas/1



This story is such an unabashed hit piece that it almost makes me wanna come down on the side of the company. Seriously---who cares about the anecdote that the company's founder uses to illustrate the dangers of I.D. theft. Lots of anecdotes are "based upon a true story."

I hate it when journalists are this sanctimonious and petty. "He won't talk to us ... whine whine whine ... " They even included a picture of his office in the article to illustrate that they felt he stood them up for the interview. Ridiculous.

There's nothing in the article to suggest the company is a scam. A scam company takes your money and fails to provide the services promised. This company just does something that you can do yourself. So does McDonald's (you can make your own hamburgers) or Quickie Lube (you can change your own oil). It's a matter of whether a consumer thinks it's worth it for the price being paid.

The big concern is the issue with the ID theft by the company founder himself. You have to be worried where the money will go and how your data will be used if the place is run by an unabashed crook---especially one who is an ID thief himself.

Funny thing is, this is probably the REAL anecdote that led him to found the company:

"Gee ... if it was this easy for me to steal my dad's identity, then there must be a market out there for ID theft protection."

Of course, you can't use this anecdote in a marketing campaign ...