South Carolina Does Credit Freezes Right!
South Carolina's Governor just signed into law a bill that gives SC residents the ability to freeze their credit for free !
And of course there's always this:
The credit reporting industry has opposed such legislation relating to credit report freezes. One concern is that too many states will have different regulations, which would make it difficult .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Are Your Co-Workers Incompetent or Master Espionogists?
Someone I know of who works at a three-letter agency forwarded me this CIA Simple Sabotage Field Manual from 1944 that was recently declassified. If you every wondered if someone was TRYING to get in the way at work, maybe they are…
Here's the full list in case you don't want the pdf:
- Insist on doing everything .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Bush Authorized Torture
A recent ABC story shows that the authorization for torture when high, but didn't include Bush. Now it seems as if that may not be the case.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Accountability, George Bush, TortureRemember Tax Safety as You Do Your Taxes
A few important links: Mystery Shoppers Find Deceit, Incompetence Among Tax Preparers Tax Scams Proliferate In April
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: IRS, TaxesRFID Passports Allow Remote ID of Holder’s Nationality
Most newly issued passports carry an embedded RFID containing digitally signed biometric information. Access to this chip is wireless, which introduces a security risk, the possibility that an attacker might be able to access data on a person’s passport without the owner knowing. It's this reason that putting RFID in .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Passports, RFIDGeorgia Credit Freeze Bill in the Works
Though the credit reporting companies scrambled to allow freezes in all states most likely to prevent each state from enacting their own laws with lower fees and more restrictions than they wanted, many states are still pursuing their own legislation (as they should).
Georgia's proposed law would allow freezes for only $3 and would automatically be free for .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Credit Freezes, Identity TheftLifelock Adds a REAL Service!?
According to Businesswire.com, Lifelock will be adding a real bon-a-fide service to their program.
Effective immediately, LifeLock will begin rolling out eRecon(TM), a regular patrol of the Internet in search of the social security numbers, credit card numbers, driver’s license numbers and email addresses of LifeLock members to protect against the information being illegally traded or .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Shortlist for Checking Out A Company Online Before You Give them Money
Not too long ago, I put an item on my Christmas wishlist that my wife bought, but I put a link to a fraud company as a place to buy it. If I had bothered to check it out first, I would have quickly realized as much and saved us both a lot of trouble.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: BBB, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksClass Action Suit Against Lifelock
This was faster than I thought.
The Arizona Department of Insurance has reviewed LifeLock's service and does not believe it is an insurance product, department spokeswoman Erin Klug told the Arizona Republic. There are people filing class action suits against Lifelock stating that because of fine print and loopholes, most people won't be able .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Class Action, Lifelock, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksWikileaks Retaliates Against Scientology Threats
Wikinews has learned that The Church of Scientology has warned the documents leaking site Wikileaks.org that they are in violation of United States copyright laws after they published several documents related to the Church. Wikileaks has no intentions of complying, and states that in response, they intend to publish thousands of Scientology documents next week. 