{"id":6020,"date":"2018-12-10T14:20:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T19:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/?p=6020"},"modified":"2018-12-10T14:20:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T19:20:42","slug":"the-pros-and-cons-of-identity-monitoring-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/2018\/12\/10\/the-pros-and-cons-of-identity-monitoring-services\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pros and Cons of Identity Monitoring Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The article lists the advantages and disadvantages of identify monitoring services.<\/p>\n<p>Pro: You&#8217;ll have peace of mind if you&#8217;re at a high risk of identity theft. Having an identity monitoring service may offer an extra layer of security and put your mind at ease.<\/p>\n<p>Cons: The cost may be a problem. The more you pay, you more protection received. However, it can be expensive based on which plan you need.<\/p>\n<p>Con: The services don&#8217;t necessarily prevent fraudulent activity.\u00a0While these services will alert you that fraud has occurred, they won&#8217;t necessarily keep it from happening.<\/p>\n<p>Con: You can get similar protection without paying an ID monitoring company.\u00a0American Automobile Association offers its members free identity theft protection,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/money.usnews.com\/money\/personal-finance\/family-finance\/articles\/2018-09-25\/the-pros-and-cons-of-identity-monitoring-services<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The article lists the advantages and disadvantages of identify monitoring services. Pro: You&#8217;ll have peace of mind if you&#8217;re at a high risk of identity theft. Having an identity monitoring service may offer an extra layer of security and put your mind at ease. Cons: The cost may be a problem. The more you pay, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13023,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[717573],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-week-13-disaster-recovery-business-continuity","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13023"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6021,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6020\/revisions\/6021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.mis.temple.edu\/mis5211sec001fall2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}