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LifeLock Doesn’t Lock Life

Fraud-prevention pitchman becomes ID theft victim

Took longer than I expected. Or it just took longer to come out than I expected. This guy was a fool to think he could protect himself. My favorite line in the whole piece is “Paris noted that LifeLock charges $10 a month to set fraud alerts with credit bureaus, even though consumers can do it themselves for free.” So you pay them $10 per month so they can send in a letter. Sweet. Follow the lawsuits… The one about what the $1million guarantee actually covers: “LifeLock is also being sued in Arizona over its $1 million service guarantee, which the plaintiffs claim is misleading because it only covers a defect in LifeLock’s service, and in California by the Experian credit bureau. Experian accuses LifeLock of deceiving consumers about the breadth of its protection and abusing the system for attaching fraud alerts to credit reports.

Just read the article.