Hot Button Topic: Social Security Numbers
October 27, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under debt/credit
I have a big issue. It’s with people that think they need to ask for my social security number. It is such a hot button for me.
One reason this may be such a sensitive topic for me is because a member in our family was a victim of identity theft. Thankfully, it was caught very early before any damage was done. The person committing the crime? An office worker at a doctor’s office. Yes, you heard me correctly.
Come to think of it, this has been an issue for at least 14 years. I remember going into a drug store and writing …read more
The 10 Most Common Passwords
August 26, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under General, safety
Identity theft hits close to home for me. It was only a few years ago that a family member’s social security number was used by someone in a respected profession to obtain a credit card. Fortunately, this issue was caught pretty quickly, thanks to the credit card company’s rule of activating the credit card only from the applicant’s phone.
It is disturbing that our identity and social security information has to be so carefully guarded, but even more upsetting is how someone can damage our credit if they obtain our personal information. According to PC Magazine, we are can make ourselves vunerable through the …read more
Live Traffic Feeds
March 21, 2008 by Karen Weideman
Filed under blogs, odds and ends
This doesn’t really have anything to do with being thrifty. Consider it food for thought.
I’ve seen several blogs out there lately that have a box in the corner labeled Live traffic feed that tells incoming visitors’ blog names as well as the location of the blogger. This may seem really cool to see all the places in the world where bloggers are coming from, but please know that most bloggers I know do not give their exact location to others.
By having a live traffic feed on your blog, you are revealing someone’s personal information without asking them.
Please think about this and …read more
