LifeLock, which I wrote about earlier, and not in a positive manner, has been sued again, this time by a competitor.
On Wednesday NAMESAFE sued LifeLock over search ads that it said were purchased by LifeLock, which used the NAMESAFE trademark yet directed users to LifeLock's web site.
According to a recent survey by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 3 percent of U.S. identity-crime victims had someone use their personal information — a Social Security number, an insurance policy ID, even a mere driver’s license — to obtain medical services or to profit from filing false claims in their name.
I haven't hidden the fact that I've been a victim of ID theft before. I've also had the good fortune to be one of the employees whose past IBM employee data was lost. This story, however, is a wake-up call: you shouldn't casually trust any shareware or freeware program - or even service.
