how secure is my identity theft with this machine?
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I'm an Identity Theft and Risk Management Specialist and just short of burning your papers this shredder will do the job. Oil the blades this will shred for a long time. FYI with all the corporate information that has been compromised your identity needs more than a shreder to protect it.
1184188
This is a great machine to shred important documents. I don't have any issues with worrying about identity theft.
1184189
Since this is a cross cut it is pretty secure for Identity theft / regular strip shredder would a lot less secure.
901270
http://www.amazon.com/EIKONBOX-S-1-WN-EKS-0500-Digital-Privacy-Featuring-Truesuite/dp/B004X8EO3E/ref=pd_sim_pc_5 I just found this answer. I love my laptop with built in digital personna!
1025946
Absolutely YES! But I have a piece of advice for you. As soon as you get hooked up with ethnet cable to the machine, type 192.168.0.1 in the web address (as instructed in the manual), then there is a box popping out on the desktop. Then type username: admin, and ype password "password." As soon as you are successful by doing so, there is a box coming out, please write down the SSID number of your machine, write down the real password of your machine shown there such as 2R5SSH4900, etc. Because if you don't copy them down, next time you may lose the information of your machine. and cannot access to your new computer Good luck to you. any quesiton please e-mail me Wenyuang11
1099764
This is really paranoia, most identity theft takes place on line these days. You don't need to worry about somebody stealing your information from a shredded credit card, no matter how it's "cut!" If the strips make you paranoid, just toss half the strips in one bin and half in another. Problem solved. Really, people, major identity theft is done over the Internet. Nobody is going to glue back together your credit card or paper strips. LOL.
1825655
Does it really matter if it has a 5-year warranty? Will you be able to retrieve your data / photos / videos if it goes bad, scrape-scrape? Does the warranty include data retrieval? And if that data is sensitive, protected data, what happens when someone else gets it? Do you really want anyone else to have your account numbers, IDs and passwords?
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I find that it is very tamper proof. But if someone like an addic has one I'm sure they could break it. I like it very much. Now I don't have to run to my brother's house every day.
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I'm not sure. I was under the impression that the the software wouldn't be valid until you activated it, so you may be fine.
372323
Nope. I'll bet it could be hacked, but it would still need an interface, keyboard, touchscreen etc. I think it works quite well for what it is though.
981998
What Tony said. I use GiliSoft USB Encryption software (not free). It allows me to secure as much of the drive as I want ans leave the rest unsecured. I've been very pleased with it.
458164
Yes, it works pretty well. As long as it's your network and/or your have the password.
1605070
Sorry, we have no response for this question as we use it for scanning persons at security.
482573
yes but you also have Microsoft Security Essentials on the laptop that takes care of your security for FREE.
220224
You would establish an account with your email address as your user id & password & login once your serial #'s are validated. I use it on my cell phone via chrome. The disks are pretty much worthless.
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My husband said to go to the Do It Yourself Security Forum on the web and they have a 2GIG Section. Ask your question there anbd they should be able to answer it. Good Luck!
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I use a Dell XPS M1330 w/ Vista Home Premium. I had been using the Active Identity software and a USB plug-in card reader. I bought this item, plugged it in and within 60 seconds the computer had installed the driver and I was in business. I honestly don't know if it's using the Active Identity software or not. I bought it from the manufacturer and saved a bundle over this advertised price.
1572605
The finger print scanner I got, verifi P2000, allows me to log into my computer. It comes with software from another vendor that will automatically log you into other sites, once the software is authenticated for a session. When I read the information about it, it appeared to me that the software used to log into websites only authenticates once, and then will log you into any site you visit that you have set up, without another scan of your finger print. I didn't consider this very secure, so I didn't use that software - just the scanner to log into my PC. But if you're okay with that level of security, then it should work for you. One note however. The free version that came with the scanner has a severely limited number of logins that it will store. You have to purchase the upgraded package to do unlimited. I didn't think the price was unreasonable. If you want to research in advance, I believe the software is called Roboform.
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That is up to you. I always use secure sites. I have never had any problems.