Being knowledgeable and dependent on technology can greatly increase your risk of identity theft, especially when you are way too reckless. But now, technology can already offer you identity theft protection.
Think how many times you have entered your personal information in your electronic mail or website. Each time you give your information away you could be at the high risk of being victimized by identity thieves. You could be setting yourself up to become a recipient of a fraudulent email. But what if you could greatly minimize the amount of personal information you had to provide while still browsing on your favorite websites? Now, it is possible.
Here are the two best identity theft protections that you can do online that will save your time, and would also ensure the safety of your personal identification.
- Mail for Ten minutes – If you want instant access to a website with membership privileges—so you can make a quick purchase, read posted articles, or gain access to discount codes—but you don’t want them to keep your email address on file, then you can sign up for a temporary email account at this site. You simply log-on to the website and click on some links that will automatically generate your temporary email address. For the next ten minutes you will be able to send email, receive email and read messages sent to that account through a certain webpage specifically created for this. If you think you need more time, you can apply for a ten minute extension, already giving you twenty minutes total. Quick accessibility to these messages allows you to “confirm” that the email address you are using is legitimate (although not permanent) for sites that allow you to opt in, by replying to an authentication email. Just search for some sites that offer ten minutes of mailing. By the way, those sites probably do not ask for personal information, and the good news is, many of them are free.
- Logging on to a website that protects usernames and passwords, as well as your personal info – You can log-on and search for a website of your choice and find already activated usernames and passwords that will allow you access to sites that typically require registration in order to read articles or post in forums. Certainly, you are probably sharing a username with countless other people. But you are not putting any of your personal information at risk and you don’t have to deal with difficulties of receiving spam emails. So, you can now log-on to the local paper and read the news every morning without having your inbox flooded by offers and ads for the rest of the day.
In a constantly changing technological world, you must learn to maximize technology to help you have identity theft protection for yourself. Next time you log online, be careful in logging, especially when not using one of the above tips for protection. Bear in mind that it’s your identity, and it’s your task to protect it.
