Comments on: How Well Do You Protect Your SSN? http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/ Time and Money Saving Tips from Thrifty Mommy Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:13:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Did You Provide a SSN for the School? http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/comment-page-1/#comment-8312 Did You Provide a SSN for the School? Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:32:10 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/#comment-8312 [...] case you’ve forgotten, I’m really protective of social security numbers.  Mean people use them to take advantage of you.  They rob you of your identity and buy things [...] [...] case you’ve forgotten, I’m really protective of social security numbers.  Mean people use them to take advantage of you.  They rob you of your identity and buy things [...]

]]> By: Meghan http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 Meghan Sun, 08 Apr 2007 02:00:03 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/#comment-1308 I'm a little more careless with my SSN then I probably should be (not that I go handing it out on the street or anything like that). I'm at work at was trying to access the website that you mentioned - and it was blocked by our system under the category "Illegal or Questionable". I was dissapointed, but thought others should get a heads up. I’m a little more careless with my SSN then I probably should be (not that I go handing it out on the street or anything like that). I’m at work at was trying to access the website that you mentioned – and it was blocked by our system under the category “Illegal or Questionable”. I was dissapointed, but thought others should get a heads up.

]]> By: Revka http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/comment-page-1/#comment-1313 Revka Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:57:48 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/#comment-1313 This post definitely got people going! I worry about identity theft and do try to protect myself. Thanks for the tips. This post definitely got people going! I worry about identity theft and do try to protect myself. Thanks for the tips.

]]> By: kellys http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/comment-page-1/#comment-1231 kellys Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:31:06 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/#comment-1231 I do request a different # but it is such a hassle! I do request a different # but it is such a hassle!

]]> By: Karen http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 Karen Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:53:34 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/#comment-1236 Kelly: When we moved to VA, I heard about the SSN on the driver's license and was really upset about it. I told hubby that I would keep my NC license and just keep getting it renewed in NC. Thankfully, I found out you can request an alternate number, so that's what I did. I refuse to have my SSN printed on my checks. In the past few years, I think the only thing I've given my SSN out for is taxes and a job. Tom: Thanks for visiting and commenting. Clark Howard is more than a radio talk show host, but that's not the whole point here. He is a financial advisor and gives great advice. He really does care about what is best for people. Yes, he is human and he can make mistakes. Maybe this was one of his. Thanks for the links. I'll go check them out. Kelly: When we moved to VA, I heard about the SSN on the driver’s license and was really upset about it. I told hubby that I would keep my NC license and just keep getting it renewed in NC. Thankfully, I found out you can request an alternate number, so that’s what I did. I refuse to have my SSN printed on my checks. In the past few years, I think the only thing I’ve given my SSN out for is taxes and a job.

Tom: Thanks for visiting and commenting. Clark Howard is more than a radio talk show host, but that’s not the whole point here. He is a financial advisor and gives great advice. He really does care about what is best for people. Yes, he is human and he can make mistakes. Maybe this was one of his. Thanks for the links. I’ll go check them out.

]]> By: kellys http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 kellys Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:25:48 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/#comment-1239 What I hate is that the banks want to use your SSN on your checks and the DMV here wants to use it as your driver's license #. I hate that! What I hate is that the banks want to use your SSN on your checks and the DMV here wants to use it as your driver’s license #. I hate that!

]]> By: Tom Mahoney, Developer http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 Tom Mahoney, Developer Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:50:40 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/#comment-1267 Because someone has a radio show they can't be wrong? Please! For a monthly fee, you can go to stolenidsearch and have them monitor your credit card and SS numbers. That sounds like a good service until you think it through. In order to do this, in spite of what they may claim, they have to store your numbers. This is the very thing we're trying to get away from! If on-line merchants store credit card numbers they are in violation of their agreements with the card companies. There's an obvious reason - it's a security risk. Yet this company does it in the name of good security? I think not. We've spent years trying to convince computer users not to enter their credit card numbers and other personal data on unknown sites. Now these guys come along with a very plain, amature looking site and startt collecting information! And their "Featured in ..." line means nothing more that they did a good media blitz. Have a look at: http://silverstr.ufies.org/blog/archives/000999.html http://privacy.blogwog.com/blog,156326,External:-StolenIDSearch.com:-Encouraging-users-to-be-too-casual-with-their-personal-info?,0.html http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/explaining-stolenidsearchcom.html http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/comment/reply/4485 Or perhaps this article where I was quoted: http://tinyurl.com/2okngr Because someone has a radio show they can’t be wrong? Please!

For a monthly fee, you can go to stolenidsearch and have them monitor your credit card and SS numbers. That sounds like a good service until you think it through. In order to do this, in spite of what they may claim, they have to store your numbers. This is the very thing we’re trying to get away from! If on-line merchants store credit card numbers they are in violation of their agreements with the card companies. There’s an obvious reason – it’s a security risk. Yet this company does it in the name of good security? I think not.

We’ve spent years trying to convince computer users not to enter their credit card numbers and other personal data on unknown sites. Now these guys come along with a very plain, amature looking site and startt collecting information!

And their “Featured in …” line means nothing more that they did a good media blitz.

Have a look at:
http://silverstr.ufies.org/blog/archives/000999.html

http://privacy.blogwog.com/blog,156326,External:-StolenIDSearch.com:-Encouraging-users-to-be-too-casual-with-their-personal-info?,0.html

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/explaining-stolenidsearchcom.html

http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/comment/reply/4485

Or perhaps this article where I was quoted:

http://tinyurl.com/2okngr

]]> By: Karen http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/comment-page-1/#comment-1285 Karen Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:48:09 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/#comment-1285 I can't imagine Clark recommending a site if it wasn't safe. Personally, I don't put my SSN on the internet for any reason. I'm just too protective of it. I can’t imagine Clark recommending a site if it wasn’t safe. Personally, I don’t put my SSN on the internet for any reason. I’m just too protective of it.

]]> By: Karen http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/comment-page-1/#comment-1284 Karen Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:47:13 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/#comment-1284 Margalit, Thanks for sharing. Normally, I would be skeptical of a site like this too, but I got this in an email from Clark Howard today: Is your SSN safe? There is now a Web site that tells you if your SSN has been compromised. And, yes, it's okay to enter your number. Read more! Margalit, Thanks for sharing. Normally, I would be skeptical of a site like this too, but I got this in an email from Clark Howard today:

Is your SSN safe?
There is now a Web site that tells you if your SSN has been compromised. And, yes, it’s okay to enter your number.
Read more!

]]> By: margalit http://www.blisstree.com/thriftymommy/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/comment-page-1/#comment-1288 margalit Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:44:37 +0000 http://www.thriftymommy.com/how-well-do-you-protect-your-ssn/#comment-1288 Oh, there is one more thing. There is a lock, it just didn't show up on my firefox browser right away, and they are using HTTPS, but I wouldn't trust the secure socket layer without encryption. They say they aren't saving the numbers... I don't believe it for a second. Oh, there is one more thing. There is a lock, it just didn’t show up on my firefox browser right away, and they are using HTTPS, but I wouldn’t trust the secure socket layer without encryption. They say they aren’t saving the numbers… I don’t believe it for a second.

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