Why everyone hates identity monitoring services

1. No verifiability of site or ‘dark web’ monitoring 2. Claims to secure accounts but fails to catch simple things like a foreign IP sign in 3. Expensive - bureaus offer free credit monitoring now 4. Not actionable - you’re information is breached but help is limited or generic 5. Requires invasive information like SSN / Credit but just integrates with Have I Been Pwned

What everyone might not hate... 1. Verifiability by sharing sites scanned, info found, and aggregate progress / improvement 2. Doesn’t claim to secure accounts it can’t 3. Free 4. Actionable so you can request information be taken down, report incidences to the government, participate in class action claims, know if a site re-posts information it shouldn’t 5. Works with minimal information like email

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