{"id":1044,"date":"2025-02-03T18:02:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T18:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ykhong.com\/writes\/?p=1044"},"modified":"2025-02-03T22:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T22:01:01","slug":"watch-your-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ykhong.com\/writes\/watch-your-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Your Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The unfettered access that Musk, through Trump, has positioned to access in the Treasury with his 6 engineers draws concern for a multitude of reasons, one of which is full access to <strong>our digital transaction data<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case, they are not hackers seeking a ransom, nor spammers scamming for funds. These are tech specialists who now have full access to our information, and are doing it for <strong>infinite power<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are no ransoms or funds. They are seeking power, which means there is no end. There is no ransom or password they are seeking that will satiate them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t done so already, call all three credit bureaus (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transunion.com\">TransUnion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equifax.com\/\">Equifax<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.experian.com\/\">Experian<\/a> to <strong>freeze your credit<\/strong> at all of them. It\u2019s free. This is different from a credit lock, for which they often charge. A credit freeze prevents unauthorized inquiries onto your credit, which can, for instance, help to prevent accounts being open in your name. You can unfreeze temporarily at any time if you do need to do a credit check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you suspect that your identity has been stolen, you can report it to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.identitytheft.gov\/\">FTC<\/a>, which will hopefully continue to function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add <strong>alerts<\/strong> to and <strong>monitor<\/strong> your cards and accounts, and look out for unknown charges, cards, expenses, bills, and accounts. I recommend you do this for your individual accounts and any family and business accounts you may hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Banks, health, insurance, loan, benefits, and tax agencies need to be extra vigilant when accounts are being <strong>opened, closed, changed, or charged<\/strong>. This is not simply about a patient or consumer having their information taken from them, it\u2019s about you as companies protecting society from the full acquisition and tyranny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember to protect your data, browsing, and behavior when navigating online, with agencies, and institutions. I\u2019ve written and posted about this in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protecting your data helps to protect our people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unfettered access that Musk, through Trump, has positioned to access in the Treasury with his 6 engineers draws concern for a multitude of reasons,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ykhong.com\/writes\/watch-your-data\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Watch Your Data<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"quiet_public","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[60],"class_list":["post-1044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-security","tag-digital-security","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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