Comments on: LifeLock CEO Had His Own Identity Stolen Numerous Times, Suit Alleges

By: qwertyload

qwertyload — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:39:13 +0000

The offer of course good, but in my opinion difficult to implement. In any case it is necessary to respect him for trying to make new in this business!

By: Hosting Reviews

Hosting Reviews — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:25:25 +0000

It’s very hard not to get a HUGE laugh out of this. I love it. Beware he who is standing that he does not fall and all of that good stuff!

By: clangnuts

clangnuts — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:52:03 +0000

A BBC TV presenter and journalist here in the UK made a similar mistake. Jeremy Clarkson published his bank account number in the Times newspaper, and declared that no one would be able to steal his ID or money. Within days direct debits had been set up with his details to charities etc, proving him wrong. He had to change his account details.

By: bill gaytz

bill gaytz — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:10:48 +0000

Hi. My name is Bill Gaytz. My ss# is 666-69-1234 I dare anyone to try to hack into my account. I will back-up my service with 2.77 trillion dollars if anyone can succeed. You too, can have this kind of security if you just send me 4 oz. of your blood and a double meat, double cheese whopper.

By: Michael Wales

Michael Wales — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:30:31 +0000

Lifelock was an idea the CEO came up while he was in jail. All they do is hire someone to call the credit agencies and put a “lock” on your credit account every 30 days – you can do this yourself for free.

For Lifelock to do this – you have to sign a general Power of Attorney, essentially giving them full access to your identity.

I’ll have to find the article again…

By: BigCarbonFoot

BigCarbonFoot — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:36:50 +0000

We need to switch to fecal samples for identification purposes.

By: J

Mon, 19 May 2008 21:53:31 +0000

# 19 Sea Lawyer

What is it that you propose then. More numbers? Less numbers? No numbers? Please expound upon your infinite wisdom!!

What solution do you think you have to this issue?

By: Sea Lawyer

Sea Lawyer — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:26:39 +0000

#18, Oh goody. It apparently still fails to address the fundamental problem that this story brings up – the tying of all personal financial information to a single social security number. Seriously, are you really that daft?

By: J

Mon, 19 May 2008 18:29:34 +0000

# 15 Sea Lawyer

Just in case you were not aware. June 16, 2006 Hillary Clinton proposed a Privacy Bill. It was a bill designed to make both commercial and government entities responsible for proper security of private data. It also made it so that you could review the private data they have without charge.

I don’t recall a Republican politician that was even remotely concerned with the privacy of their citizens.

First, people have the right to know, and to correct, information which is being kept about them.
Second, people have the right to know what is happening to their personal information when they are cooperating with a business and to make decisions about how their information is used.
And third, in a democracy, people have the right and the obligation to hold their government and the private sector to the highest standards of care with the information they gather.

This legislation not only provides clear privacy rules, but it gives you clear protections for your most private information:
– the right to sue when those rules have been violated
– the right to protect your phone records
– the right to freeze your credit when your identity has been stolen
– the right to know what businesses are doing with your credit and credit reports, and
– the right to expect the government to use the best privacy practices itself with your information…

By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:24:51 +0000

What’s REALLY naive is that you think Experian, a consumer credit bureau, filed this lawsuit to help consumers. Think about it–why did Experian sue? Simple: Experian doesn’t want Lifelock helping us establish AND MAINTAIN fraud alerts on our credit profiles, because scammy direct marketers won’t buy fraud-protected credit profiles from Experian. Lifelock is eating into Experian’s core business of selling our data.

Of course SSNs are not secure–that’s why I use Lifelock to ensure that creditors call me before extending ANY credit in my name. And in the rare event that a creditor ignores the faud alert (as once happened to the lifelock CEO after 50 gazillion attempts to steal his identity), lifelock resolves it.

As for credit freezes, be aware that once you freeze you cannot get cell phones, credit cards, hospital admission, new jobs, etc. I’m guessing that’s why lifelock doesn’t offer them–they’re a pain in the ass.

It’s always fun to point fingers, but try not to think like a drunken mob. Experian is throwing mud and you’re eating it!!

By: gquaglia

gquaglia — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:11:42 +0000

#15 I know, and these types call Republican’s angry.

By: Sea Lawyer

Sea Lawyer — Mon, 19 May 2008 12:44:01 +0000

#13, I know you really can’t help yourself were bashing Republicans is concerned, but I wasn’t aware that fixing the problems associated with tying all personal financial information to a single SS# is on the agenda of anybody in Washington who matters.

By: Bob Morgan

Bob Morgan — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:46:20 +0000

Actually, this just proves the service works even better. Of course, duh, people are going to try to steal his identity. But the company’s guarantee fixed each occurance each time…just like they would for a customer.

Go put your SSN number out there without a service like LifeLock….. then post a valuable article about the painful time you have fixing it…YOURSELF. Duh.

By: Greg Allen

Greg Allen — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:23:09 +0000

Remember how often the conservatives, like Rush Limbaugh, lectured that the government could do no good.

I sure wish congress had taken a go at some identity security and privacy laws.

The social security number is a lame-ass way to have a national ID. Congress needs to fix the problem but the won’t as long as so many obstructionist Republicans are in office

By: rabsten

rabsten — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:01:28 +0000

Again, my state looks absolutely spectacular. The complaint in the case includes a great deal of inflammatory crap wholly irrelevant to the “merits” of the case. All alleged damages are speculative. Grubb – the lawyer in this case – is famous for filing consumer protection based suits in minimal damages cases, knowing he can collect big under the W.Va. fee-shifting regime. He recently was awarded fees of $135,000 for a case where he won $7,000 for the plaintiff.

West Virginia: Wild, wonderful, and way, Way, WAY out of mainstream America.