Ask HN: What steps do you take to protect yourself and your family online?

Re:Ask HN: What steps do you take to protect yourself and yo... by lotsofpulp on Friday November 26, 2021 @11:00AM (#29351324)

Freeze children’s SSN with all 3 credit reporting agencies. Open irs.gov, social security, and other government accounts before someone else can. I use Strongbox with Keepass databases to keep track of it all stored in iCloud so spouse can access TOTP it for shared items.

Use content blocker (I use Wipr) in Safari, and ublock origin Firefox/chrome. And then don’t download or install random software. Check your credit report every year at each credit reporting agency every 4 months by going to annualcreditreport.com

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Re:Ask HN: What steps do you take to protect yourself and yo... by farski on Friday November 26, 2021 @12:31PM (#29352155)

There's a fourth credit agency now that it's recommended to put a freeze on, but I don't remember the name off the top of my head.

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Re:Ask HN: What steps do you take to protect yourself and yo... by starwind on Friday November 26, 2021 @01:18PM (#29352595)

You're probably thinking either Innovis or NCTUE (which does utilities and telecom stuff). Innovis makes it real easy to freeze or put a fraud alert on your report with them

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Re:Ask HN: What steps do you take to protect yourself and yo... by kube-system on Friday November 26, 2021 @12:54PM (#29352368)

Innovis?

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