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My wife has been concerned about identify theft for years. I have held her at bay in the past and avoided signing up for one of the identity theft protection services. But it looks like the Equifax hack will be the final straw that will force me to submit and sign up. I realize that this won't prevent identify theft, but it would hopefully make recovery and restoration easier if we were victims.
I'm starting to look at it like this: we now have a fair number of ongoing expenses that my parents never had to pay for. This includes Internet service, cell phone service, and pay TV service to name a few. We have such a highly connected and computerized financial system that these hacks seem inevitable, and there are likely to be more. Identify theft protection may just be another expense of modern life that we have to deal with but our parents did not.
I'm starting to look at it like this: we now have a fair number of ongoing expenses that my parents never had to pay for. This includes Internet service, cell phone service, and pay TV service to name a few. We have such a highly connected and computerized financial system that these hacks seem inevitable, and there are likely to be more. Identify theft protection may just be another expense of modern life that we have to deal with but our parents did not.