Probably not!
Precautions I use and do:
In your email make sure the option to automatically open html is turned off!!! Why? When you click to open the email and there are html code and the html opens, the sender knows you have opened the email. Not good. That's the short version.
When you pay a bill on line, do not store your CC info on their server!!! Even Amazon. Nobody!! Pain in the ass to reenter everything . . . oh well! With Amazon and others you're forced to leave your info but just come back in a few days, after your account gets charged, and delete the number.
Never, NEVER, EVER open a link in an email unless you are 110% positive it's legit. I once got an email from my oldest grand daughter with a link. It wound up in my spam folder. "Now how did her email wind up in the spam folder?" She had a virus on her computer. My son in law took care of it. It's happened twice with ladies in the biz. I recognized it right away and deleted the email. I know it's happened to others, remembering posts.
Don't ever store CC info or passwords on your computer or phone or tablet. No matter how safe you think it is, just don't! I get asked ALL THE TIME about keeping my info with Apple pay and whoever else. NOPE, ain't gonna happen! Convenient, yes it would be, but it ain't gonna happen . . . sucks to be me! It's just a matter of time before Apple gets breached! The Ruskies are always on the job.
I got a couple bucks with T. Rowe Price. When I log in they send me via text a code number, I enter that code then my password. Very safe.
There are others. Know that I have had MY CC info found out TWICE! I am pretty sure the second time was through Amazon. Too much typing to explain why. The first one, I don't have a clue. Best protection there is a pre-paid debit card. My credit union alarms go off when I buy anything from anywhere that isn't "normal". Their system works, that's how the first CC fraud was found out. Woke me early on a Saturday morning.
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Originally Posted by timmystool
thanks
does anyone think I should get lifelock for a month/year or so
or maybe some other ID protection?
I check my credit score monthly/weekly with credit karma/free app
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