• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

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

    • IllNess@infosec.pub
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      3 months ago

      Don’t worry. Their is a service that monitors your information that you give credit monitors. You just have to give them your information.

      • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        And I’m sure they’ll delete it in two years so you’re not included in the breach 3 years from now 🙄

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        3 months ago

        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.

        • anonymouse2@sh.itjust.works
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          3 months 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.