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Please don’t buy this: identity theft protection services

28th November 2017 By William Tsing

 

With an ever-increasing tempo of third-party breaches spilling consumer data all across the dark web, a natural impulse for a security-savvy user is to do something proactive to protect their sensitive information. After Equifax, there was an explosion of interest in credit monitoring and identity theft protection services. But most of these services offer limited value for the money, and in many cases, are subsidiaries of entities prone to leaking information in the first place. Sometimes doing something isn’t always the best option.

 

What do they do?

 

 

Before we get into the problems with identity theft protection services, let’s break down which services are actually offered, and in exchange for what. Identity protection services usually start by collecting your personal information, including the following:

 

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