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Tips from Brian Krebs - When Your ID Gets Pwned

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday March 19 2014, @03:53PM   
from the sensative-and-I'd-like-to-stay-that-way dept.

sl4shd0rk writes:

"Although not as ubiquitous a name in digital security as Bruce Schneier, Brian Krebs has dealt (first hand in some instances) with much of the same related criminal activity. Krebs has some good tips worth reading for anyone interested in mitigating identity theft. If the infamous Target breach, and others like it, are any indication of how your sensitive customer info is 'secured' by retailers, it may be only a matter of time before your information is compromised."

• Re:Been There (Score: 4, Insightful) by KilroySmith on Wednesday March 19 2014, @08:17PM

  by KilroySmith (2113) on Wednesday March 19 2014, @08:17PM (#18735)

  Gotta agree. Having your debit card compromised on a Friday afternoon means that you could have no card, and no money left in your checking/savings accounts, until sometime next week when the Bank chooses to maybe compensate you. I've hard long arguments with my bank because they insist that my ATM card HAS to be a VISA Debit card; to me an exposure that I don't want to take.

  For day-to-day expenses, I use a credit card (and I also have no credit card debt, at least after the 14th of every month when I pay it off). Between my wife and I, we have three credit cards - she carries two, and I carry two. If she loses her wallet (as she's done several times in the last 5 years), I have a credit card that she doesn't carry so I don't get stuck in Timbuktu on a business trip with all my credit cards cancelled. Similarly, if I lose my wallet, she has a card that I don't carry so she's not stuck somewhere.

  The protections on Credit Cards are just too large to risk carrying/using Debit cards, IMHO, if you have the option.

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