Identity Security

Listening to a book about identity theft and how to protect yourself could help you be able to keep your identity private and yours. The book can help by explaining exactly what identity theft is, how it occurs, what information the thieves would be after, how to protect your private information from anyone looking for it, and even how to help you if you are already a victim of identity theft.

The slippery online ecosystem is the perfect breeding ground for identities: true, false, and in between. The Internet shorthand IRL - "in real life" - now seems naïve. We no longer question the reality of online experiences but the reality of selfhood in the digital age. In The Secret Life, the essayist and novelist Andrew O'Hagan issues three bulletins from the porous border between cyberspace and IRL.

Witness the untold hidden power within society to make you invincible, invisible and incredible - the power of anonymity. Anonymity will protect you from the open attacks, criticisms, and jealousy of others wanting to see you fail. Anonymity will cover you from all the potential consequences, mistakes, and failures you’ll make. Anonymity will offer you the extra hidden advantages to realize your success faster and easier. You can obtain this power of anonymity by learning how to anonymize yourself.

Adam Levin, a longtime consumer advocate and identity fraud expert, is your guide to this brave new world. By telling memorable stories and extracting the relevant lessons, he offers a strategy for dealing with these risks. You may not be able to prevent identity theft, but you certainly shouldn't wait until it happens to take action. Levin's approach is defined by the three M's: minimizing risk, monitoring your identity, and managing the damage.