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Identity Theft in the Cyber Age (Paperback)
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Identity Theft in the Cyber Age (Paperback)
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Loot Price R411
Discovery Miles 4 110
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Ronald J. Leach's lectures on identity theft have been attended by
more than 1,200 people. Many more have heard him on closed-circuit
television. This book is based on his experiences as an identity
theft professional and as a long-term professor of computer
science. Do you know how to protect your vital identity information
when you use computers for your banking, credit card transactions,
and everyday purchases? What about email, web surfing, texting, and
social networking? This book, intended for the general,
non-specialist reader, will tell you what to avoid in using
electronic commerce. You'll learn about the most common security
weaknesses of modern banking and e-commerce software and when to
avoid using certain systems, the tell-tale signs of potentially
insecure transmission of your data, and how to avoid the dangerous
practice of "Pameiob." This book is a comprehensive,
easy-to-understand guide, based on the author's experiences as a
long-term identity theft lecturer and computer scientist, and is
dedicated to keeping your assets and identity safe while navigating
this dangerous world. Major topics in this complex subject are
illustrated by case studies describing the personal experiences of
some of the author's friends and acquaintances, and by experiences
of some prominent public figures. You'll learn about the potential
profit margins that make cybercrime so appealing to criminals - and
why such crime is so hard to prosecute. In this book you will learn
just how pervasive the crime of identity theft is, and how you are
at risk even if you don't do any online banking or make any online
purchases using a credit card. We'll discuss some simple strategies
that can help you cope with the side effects of the increase in
digital information that is already available to potential identity
thieves. There are four main chapters. Chapter 1 is entitled
Identity Theft: How Bad Is It? and provides an overview of this all
too common problem. Chapter two, entitled Identity Theft: How
Vulnerable are You?, provides examples of actual cases of the most
common types of identity theft that occur today. The third chapter
is entitled Protect Yourself From Identity Theft and contains a set
of strategies that can be used to greatly reduce the chances of you
suffering identity theft. The fourth chapter is entitled What To Do
If You Are An Identity Victim. It provides a set of overall
strategies and specific actions you should take if you are the
victim of identity theft. There are three appendices. The first
appendix contains contact information for the Federal Trade
Commission, the three major credit reporting agencies, many US
banks, many consumer protection organizations, and a few of the
more established companies that specialize in identity theft
protection and recovery. The second appendix contains a checklist
for protecting yourself from identity theft. Appendix three also
contains a checklist; this one is used to aid you in recovering
from identity theft if you are a victim.
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