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2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed (www.tomsguide.com)
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[–] 38 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I read "free credit monitoring" as allowing your name to get on another list to be sold.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah not sure I even care enough to take advantage.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just freeze your credit. It is the simplest and easiest solution. It sucks, but it seems to be the best utensil to eat the shit sandwich we’ve been fed.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    It doesn't even suck that bad. Last time I had to unlock mine, I saw that the previous unlocking had been two years earlier. Each time I have to do it, I set an end date and it automatically relocks. Whole process takes maybe 10 minutes for the big 3 credit bureaus.

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