Security experts have known this truth for a long time & yet, many US notification laws still require credit monitoring.
(I honestly want to know if anyone but the monitoring services actually lobbied for that requirement in the first place.)
Joint study from @techinnovation and @theperc finds weak support for the commonly held belief that data breaches lead to widespread incidences of identity theft: perc.net/study-finds-no-evid…
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I’d be curious to know how many security experts actually sign up for credit monitoring when given the opportunity. That free year ends but their advertising doesn’t. Anyone with a new car that comes with free sat radio knows that pain. @creditkarma is free and works well enough!
Jul 19, 2019 · 8:22 AM UTC
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