Is LifeLock an identity theft protection service people can trust?
Ray Stern, of the New Phoenix Times, published a scary story about an identity theft protection service, called LifeLock. The article suggested that LifeLock was founded on stories that are questionable, and run by a Robert Maynard Jr., who seems to have a few skeletons hiding in his closet. Not all identity theft services are 100 percent effective, or worth the money they charge (my opinion). Many also require their customers to surrender all the same personal information a criminal might use, which they more than likely will stored in a database. Databases are targeted by common thieves, hackers, and even dishonest insiders for their personal and financial information. Even if the information is protected, all it takes is one person with access, or who is tricked into giving up their access to compromise it. Another problem is that even the best computer security can be compromised and has to be updated, frequently. Even encryption can be compromised by someone, who has the time and
