3 Simple Steps You Must Take to Shield Yourself from Identity Theft
3 Simple Steps You Must Take to Shield Yourself from Identity Theft
How to fortify your identity against the growing threat of fraud.
by Abigael Good August 16, 2023
Identity thieves can cause a lot of stress — not to mention damage — if they get access to your personal information. In fact, in a recent GBR survey, 58% of Americans said having their identity stolen would be catastrophic.
Even if you don’t have that same level of concern about identity theft, there are still three key steps you should take to protect yourself. “Rather safe than sorry” is the name of the game.
1. Reset Your Passwords
If you’re concerned about identity theft, the first step is to go through your passwords for all important accounts, from your email to your bank, and make sure they are all different from each other.
If you reuse passwords, it is easy for a hacker to gain access to your login information for just one site and use that knowledge to wreak havoc on your identity. You may be extremely vulnerable if you have been mindlessly repeating the same password, or similar passwords, across accounts.
If you need help keeping track of your new, unique passwords, you can use a password manager. Password managers are secure sites where you can store all your logins, so you only need to remember the login to your manager to access all the rest. Of course, make sure your password manager login is extremely strong and not a duplicate of any other account’s login.
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