Product And Service Reviews

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Product and service reviews:

• Looking For An Electric Company With Lower Prices? What Massachusetts Residents Need To Know - includes a review of the Choose Energy site (May 2015)
• Mattel Discloses New Internet-Connected Doll With Voice-Recognition Software. Goodbye Privacy? (March 2015)
• Bank of America Raises Prices For Its Checking Customers. What You Need To Know And How To Avoid The New Fees (March 2015)
• Samsung Updates Its Smart TV Privacy Policy. What Consumers Need To Know (February 2015)
• Report: Researchers Compare High-Speed Internet Services Worldwide. Consumers In The USA Pay More And Get Slower Speeds (January 2015)

2014 and 2013:

• What Data Does Your Web Browser Collect About You? (December 2014)
• Uber's "God View" Tool, Privacy And Alleged Tracking (November 2014)
• Firefox Browser Includes DuckDuckGo Search Engine For Online Privacy (November 2014)
• Cruise Review: Sept. 13 - 27 Viking River Cruise From Amsterdam to Budapest (October 2014)
• I Stopped "Liking" Things For Two Weeks. How My Facebook Experience Changed (September 2014)
• B Corporations: What They Are And Why They Are Different (August 2014)
• Comcast Switches Its Customers' Wireless Home Routers To Public WiFi Hotspots (June 2014)
• Facebook Announced A New Feature Where It Listens And Identifies Music And TV Content (June 2014)
• A Review of the Vanilla Visa Prepaid Card (June 2014)
• Considering Bitcoin or Another Virtual Currency? What You Need To Know (May 2014)
• Airline Travel Voucher From Compair And Union One Travel (May 2014)
• The Google Wallet Prepaid Card. Is It a Good Deal? (November 2013)
• Coin: A New Service Combines Several Payment Cards On A Single Card. Is It a Good Deal? (November 2013)
• London Company Performs A Market Test Using Recycle Bins That Track Smartphones (August 2013)
• 83% Of The Leading Mobile Apps Put Your Sensitive Personal Information At Risk (August 2013)
• Hellmann's Recipe Shopping Carts. A Good Program? (July 2013)
• Chicago Transit Authority Riders To Use New Ventra Card Starting This Summer (March 2013)
• DuckDuckGo: A Search Engine For Privacy (January 2013)
• New Terms Of Service And Privacy Policies Go Live At Instagram (January 2013)
• The AAA Prepaid Card. A Good Deal? (January 2013)

2012 and 2011:

• Will A Credit Card Or a Debit Card Protect You From Fraud Better? (August 2012)
• Is It Wise To Move Your Money To A Prepaid Card? (June 2012)
• Consumer Reports Reviews Facebook And How To Use It Safely (May 2012)
• Consumer Reports Reviews Several Prepaid Cards (April 2012)
• A Debit Card Cautionary Tale (February 2012)
• Paid And Fake Product Reviews: More Deceptive Advertising (February 2012)
• Keeping Its Commitment To Its Customers: A Bank Does The Right Thing (December 2011)
• Bank of America Merchant Services And Money Network Announce New Payroll Solution (December 2011)
• Hotels' Warped View Of The (TV) World (November 2011)
• Move Your Money To... Walmart? A Good Deal? (November 2011)
• Services To Remotely Lock, Locate, And Retrieve Your Lost Or Stolen Mobile Device (October 2011)
• Smartphone Insurance From Asurion: A Good Deal? (September 2011)
• Browser Plugin Tracks And Shares Your Online Activity (August 2011)
• The Dangers of Public WiFi Hotspots (August 2011)
• McAfee Anti-Virus Software Rated Poorly By Consumer Reports (June 2011)
• Banking With Obsolete Debit/Credit Card Technology (May 2011)
• Protection Direct, Auto Warranty Service Program: A Good Deal? (April 2011)
• New AOL Privacy And Terms Policies Go Live March 31 (February 2011)
• WatchGuard: The Most Risky Online Apps (January 2011)
• Would You Buy Pay-As-You-Drive Auto Insurance? (January 2011)

2010 and earlier:

• Mind Quiz: Real Quiz or Scam? (December 2010)
• The 10 Most Dangerous Facebook Pages (November 2010)
• A Review of Bank of America PrivacySource (October 2010)
• Facebook Introduces new Location-Based Feature With Privacy Flaws (August 2010)
• FDIC Insurance Permanently Increased for Your Bank Accounts (July 2010)
• My ID Alert from Capital One (June 2010)
• Facebook And Your Afterlife (May 2010)
• Just How Helpful Can Facebook Be? (Facebook's Open Graph; May 2010)
• Dump The Porn! Spokeo Has Blown Your Cover (April 2010)
• What Would Thomas Jefferson Do With Facebook? (Facebook's new privacy policy; April 2010)
• Facebook Newbie? Read This First (April 2010)
• FreeScore.com (March 2010)
• In-Flight WiFi Service Presents Usability Problems During Sign-Up (December 2009)
• Facebook Error Messages & The "Price" of Free (October 2009)
• Directory of Credit Reporting Agencies (September 2009)
• Are Fraud Alerts Useless? (June 2009)
• Exploring The Online Tracking Of Consumers: A Look at Equifax & Experian (May 2009)
• Who Is Acxiom & What Does It Do With Consumers' Personal Data? (May 2009)
• Which Web Site Offers Free Credit Reports For Consumers? (April 2009)
• Is Mint.com As Safe & Secure As It Says It Is? (December 2008)
• Farmers Identity Shield (September 15, 2008)
• Credit Monitoring E-mail Alerts (August 4, 2008)
• Citi Credit Monitoring Service and Citi Identity Monitor (July 29, 2008)
• Identity theft Service From WaMu (July 18, 2008)
• TrueCredit From TransUnion (July 15, 2008)
• Equifax 3-in-1 Monitoring (June 25, 2008)
• Experian Triple Alert (June 9, 2008)
• Monthly E-mail Updates: Suze Orman Identity Theft Kit (April 24, 2008)
• Security Freezes: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion (April 22, 2008)
• Discover Credit Monitoring Service (April 9, 2008)
• Consumer Reports on Lifelock (April 7, 2008)
• 41 pounds (February 1, 2008)
• Armadillo Dollar: Anti-Skimming Protection (January 21, 2008)
• Privacy Assist: From Bank of America and Intersections (October 10, 2007)
• Fraud Alert Renewal: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion (October 8, 2007)
• C.L.U.E. Insurance reports From ChoiceTrust (September 6, 2007)

Product and service comparisons:

• Experian Tiple Advantage, ConsumerInfo.com and FreeCreditReport.com (June 23, 2008)
• Credit Monitoring vs. Credit Restoration (January 8, 2008)
• Fraud Alert vs. Credit Freeze (January 7, 2008)

Book reviews:

• The Wall Street Journal Complete Identity Theft Guidebook (February 7, 2008)

You can trust the I've Been Mugged blog for independent and unbiased reviews of identity theft products and services. The I've Been Mugged blog does not accept any advertising from banks, credit bureaus, credit monitoring services, or other financial institutions. The I've been Mugged blog does not have any arrangements with any financial or identity-theft companies.

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Comments

[Walt Augustinowicz]

I would like you to review the Identity Stronghold Secure Sleeve products. I can send in free samples. On a review of the Armadillo Dollar in January a poster says other products don't work. I would like the poster to modify that statement with a list of products or retract it. Our products certainly work and have been available for years now and are much less expensive then the A dollar. Our Identity Stronghold products are 3rd party lab tested and tested by the US Government for FIPS 201 approval. Are the posters products FIPS 201 approved? I don't see them on the FIPS 201 approved products list. NASA, Boeing, US Department of State, FAA, the White House, State of Washington and many many others use our product daily.

[John Taylor]

Don't forget then only identity theft service that provides complete restoration for each type of identity theft, and is administered by Kroll Fraud solutions. Need I say again that even though you have a Kroll product it isn't as comprehensive as the Identity Theft Shield. Do any of the other new companies have in-house licensed forensic investigators doing the work on behalf of the client? At $15.95 for two clients and includes three bureau continuous monitoring nothing comes close. No long term contract means that no one is after your money. Combined with a legal service plan you have the full coverage as described above and the services of the "largest law firm in the world" for all of your legal needs including identity theft issues. Ok, that is $38.95 per month, for an entire family, month to month.
Pre-Paid Legal Services Life Events Legal Plan and the Identity Theft Shield provided by Kroll.
We are the largest such company in the world, and have been underwriting these services for over 36 years for millions of clients.

[Steve Schwartzer]

I would agree with john Taylor. You've missed the most comprehensive ID Theft service around, as noted in the book, "The Silent Crime", What you need to know about Identity Theft by Michael McCoy & Steffen Schmidt, PhD. ID Theft Shield along with a Life Events Legal Plan provides the most compreshesive solution for Identity Theft in all 5 areas of ID Theft, before, during and after the event has occured.

[Cheryl]

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