Anyone else using Life Lock?

[K Frame]

I'm seriously considering it, or one of the other two major companies that offers the same service.

One of my coworkers has a kid in Italy at school, and someone has tried to tap one of her accounts. Fortunately an on-the-ball clerk flagged the transactions and they didn't go through.

[Sergeant Bob]

I don't know a lot about Lifelock, but I read somewhere you could do most of the same things yourself (although your time is probably worth more than the $10 a month they charge). However, I did find a pretty interesting site with credit protection comparisons which seemed pretty helpful.

http://www.identitytheftlabs.com/

[K Frame]

I read some parts of that comparison earlier. I want to really go through it this evening.

One thing I have an issue with is that they want a mobile phone, and I don't carry mine.

[Bogie]

That's probably because they call you to authorize stuff. How else do you think it'd work?
 

[K Frame]

"That's probably because they call you to authorize stuff. How else do you think it'd work?"

Psyionic Connubriation.

Of course they call you to authorize stuff.

The big issue is I don't really want to have to carry my mobile phone 24x7x365 waiting for some huck to try to buy Kansas with my credit.

I want to know if it can be made to work thusly...

1. Credit activitiy.

2. Lifelock attempts to contact me at office/home.

3. If I'm contactable, great, if not:

4. Message left and transaction pended until such time that I surface.

[Bogie]

So, call 'em and ask?
 
(trying to focus brain waves on that dude's social...)

[K Frame]

I've got an e-mail into them on that subject.

I was complaining about that, but not asking about it.