If you’re like lots of Americans, you’re increasingly wary of identity theft. But should you pay LifeLock or a similar company a few bucks to more than $100 a year to protect your identity? A host of new companies has sprung up recently offering products including credit monitoring, fraud alerts and identity theft insurance. Some will even unleash robotic software to scour the Internet and ferret out whether crooks are selling your credit card number in chat rooms. Are they worth it? Or are they hyping consumer fears to turn a quick profit?
Original post by Paul Wenske and software by Elliott Back
