It's Nice to Know a Service Works As Advertised

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One of the biggest threats we have today is identity theft. We can be careful, and yet someone down at the bank can set the password to your name, date of birth, social security number, and account numbers as "password" and BANG, your information is compromised. For years I've had LifeLock, the service that monitors things and alerts you to suspicious activities on your credit. It's relatively cheap (about $90 a year, and the service is guaranteed that they'll do all the legwork if something happens...that's worth ninety bucks by itself!), and believe it or not....it actually works as advertised! Earlier today I mentioned that I was dumping that overpriced cable/phone/internet service I have. I'm replacing internet with AT&T (for about $60 less than Spectrum wants for internet, or $120 less than the monthly bill). While I was on the phone to AT&T this morning, getting things set up, my phone buzzed. It was LifeLock. They wanted to know if that was me setting up service with AT&T. I texted them and told them it was indeed me. If it hadn't been me they would have notified the credit companies being checked, which would have rejected the application. It's not the first time, either. One year I bought my iPad for myself on my birthday at Best Buy. That was a Sunday afternoon. When I got home there was a message on my voice mail from LifeLock, wanting to know if I had made a "big ticket" purchase at Best Buy. Yes, it works as advertised. Nice to see that in this day and age, especially considering what LifeLock does in the realm of credit and identity protection. Here's a song, not about stealing identities, but stealing time. This is my favorite Gerry Rafferty song, and one of my favorite songs, period.