More precautions, no problems

Yesterday I got an email from my credit union about how they contracted with a third party service to provide low cost credit/id monitoring services.  Based on my recent problems first with my CC number being stolen and then someone attempting to open up an Amazon store card under my name, I decided $4 a month was well worth it.

The service will monitor not only your credit cards but also your SS number, email address, phone numbers, drivers license and more to see if they come up in places they shouldn’t.  It didn’t take long for my email address to come up as being on the lists of several hacks including MySpace, Adobe, and a few others.  Basically whatever password I used on these sites was now in the wild.  When I checked my password vault I use, Lastpass.com, one of those passwords was still in use in some other sites so  not only do I need to change those passwords but discontinue use of that particular password in the future. The service also found hits on my home and cell phone number and even gave me a report of all sexual predators in my area.  It seems like a nice blanket of protection for a small amount of money.  Yet another benefit of belonging to our credit union.

This morning I saw an email come in on one of my gmail accounts asking me to confirm my enrollment in “yespay”, which seems to be some Paypal like service.  Of course I didn’t confirm it but it indicates some asshole is using that email address for bullshit activity.  I “think” I am fine since I have Gmail set to let me know if someone logs on from an odd location.

I had a dermatologist appointment this morning, a semi-annual chore for me because of my basal cell skin cancer history.  My check up went fine.  I actually had like a half hour to kill when I got there.  I spent it riding my Msuper around, a good way to start my day.