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Lifelock founder has a sketchy background
Do a Google on lifelock founder fraud for the expose that the Phoenix newspaper and Wired magazine did on the sketchy background of one of LifeLock's founders (now "resigned" but giving all indications that he's still in the day to day mix, according to the reports). Many people I know are concerned about the founder of an identity protection service having been charged with identity theft and personally barred from Credit related businesses by the FTC based on shady activity.

Plus the CEO's identity was stolen using the SSN that he brazenly publishes in advertisements

Those issues aside... I know that Lifelock SOUNDS great, but the problem with the approach of continuously placing fraud alerts on your credit files is that you can't get instant credit for yourself when you want it. There is too much friction in the unlocking process. Once again, you are having to pay to have them make your life harder, instead of the credit bureaus making their system just properly protecting your credit file using voluntary consumer provided fingerprint data, for example.
Posted by: SecurityThroughObscurity   Posted on: 01/21/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Nice going...  Mike Cox | 01/19/08
lol  TBolt | 01/20/08
Couldn't have said...  r1r1p1@... | 01/21/08
That's exactly one of my pet peeves!...  JCitizen | 01/21/08
Why does everyone Blame the computer???  jdibert@... | 01/22/08
I wasn't blaming the computer!  JCitizen | 01/22/08
Well, yeah but...  Riphly_z | 01/22/08
They'll be offered jobs in UK gov  fr0thy | 01/22/08
sooner or later  rcumming@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  sdrogen1@... | 01/21/08
I didn't say that, someone else did.  sdrogen1@... | 01/21/08
What IRON MOUNTAIN screwed up??  bgatto | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  GABorden | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  caeciszek | 01/21/08
October is right before  Mahegan | 01/21/08
October is Right!  thisis50 | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  blauder@... | 01/21/08
Lifelock: don't leave home without it  gfpstudios@... | 01/21/08
Lifelock founder has a sketchy background  SecurityThroughObscurity | 01/21/08
Agreed  TheGooch1 | 01/21/08
virus scans?  lauren.glenn@... | 01/21/08
pictures  gribblq | 01/21/08
Better yet put the load on gateway devices..  JCitizen | 01/22/08
Lifelock Doesn't Work  TheGooch1 | 01/21/08
Oh, man--thank you for posting the link.  Grayson Peddie | 01/21/08
LifeLock does nothing for you...  burkhartmic | 01/22/08
Can't you see whos fault it is!  boothby | 01/21/08
Fault  rkyyz@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  durnking | 01/21/08
Not Surprising  mrmiata7@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  lrcomer@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  sifujparks@... | 01/21/08
Why does data loss = identity theft in this day and age?  SecurityThroughObscurity | 01/21/08
Lifelock II  gfpstudios@... | 01/21/08
See above about Lifelock scammer founder  SecurityThroughObscurity | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  ED_FLOWERS@... | 01/21/08
I agree...  tubr0 | 01/21/08
you can't be serious  lottoroe@... | 01/21/08
Let's re-phrase that...  DaveMorris | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  archetuthus | 01/21/08
Secure  gfpstudios@... | 01/21/08
Lifelock sketchy founder II  SecurityThroughObscurity | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  killians913@... | 01/21/08
Data Lost??  killians913@... | 01/21/08
You Probably Can't...  panzrwagn | 01/22/08
why dont they just come out and say it was encrypted  pcguy777 | 01/21/08
Re: why dont they just come out and say it was encrypted  caeciszek | 01/21/08
IM encrypt?  steeleweed@... | 01/22/08
That isthe more likely scenario I had in mind..(NT)  JCitizen | 01/22/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  WSHBaker@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  lauren.glenn@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  cjtodd@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  miamited@... | 01/21/08
Great ...  KBall1 | 01/21/08
GE we bring..  pdavidsn@... | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  stanj.miranda@... | 01/21/08
Iron Mountain is a Storage & Protection Facility. Where's the Trust?  desertcities@... | 01/21/08
No excuse.  joe.smetona@... | 01/21/08
Impossible?  gribblq | 01/21/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  RecruiterGuy | 01/21/08
Big deal about nothing  judgesinel@... | 01/21/08
99% of data loss and theft from employees, not hackers  Hobyx | 01/21/08
sort of right  iamjackalope@... | 01/22/08
part 2  iamjackalope@... | 01/22/08
Ummmm...  DarbyOhara | 01/22/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  drdavis@... | 01/22/08
No Penalty for Data Loss  ceh4702 | 01/22/08
employees = space subcontractor  arthurh@... | 01/22/08
Surprised this doesn't happen more often.  interlopr_007@... | 01/22/08
RE: Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers  mhalldorsson@... | 01/24/08
Economic Booster! Spend Spend Spend  wellduh | 01/26/08

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