College Age Students Made Highest Number Of Identity Theft Complaints

Ten ways students can protect themselves from identity theft - USA Today

In the USA Today article below, Ryan Holeywell discusses ten ways that students can protect themselves from Identity theft. He goes into detail about watching what you blog, getting caught in a phishing net, keeing security software up to date, not sharing your computer and online services, answering online queries, the dangers of Wi-Fi, protecting your computer, being creative with passwords, considering state-of-the-art security hardware, and watching what you download. All very good advice. To read the full article, click the link below...

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