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How to deter identity theft.
Identity Theft is when people pretend to be you by using your personal information. Practicing simple identity theft protection steps such as shredding your mail and keeping careful tabs on your bank accounts and credit cards are essential first layers of protection against identity thieves. You have to keep things safe that you think are usually protected, like your physical computer. Life lock should be computer identity safety to add to your identity "protection list". A recent study by online security provider Tiversa found more than 13 million online files have been breached over the last year Anytime you put your information out online, criminals can find availability to it and take personal information from you.

Identity theft is costing Americans more than $1.8 billion annually, according to the Federal Trade Commission

Use these specific steps to reduce identity theft, as it has grown to be one of the biggest concerns as internet use increases.
- use security software and make sure you keep it up to date.

- Take special note of default settings and certain permissions placed on shared Folders.

- Maintain backups of all important documents.

- Ask Doctors and other people you may share personal information with, how they will keep your personal information safe after you have given it to them.

More things to keep in mind in order to keep your online Identity secure.

Lock down your Facebook account, Be careful on auction sites, Lock your phone and tablet devices, Enable two-step verification, Add a DNS service to protect other devices, Don't store your card details on websites, Macs are as vulnerable as PCs, Run more than one email account, Be wary of public Wi-Fi, Ignore pop-ups, Only shop online on secure sites, Use anti-virus software, Never reuse your main email password, Use different passwords on different sites, Never click on a link you did not expect to receive.

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Article Evaluation (Economic History)

1) The article is all about the history of economics and there is nothing that distracts me from the article or that is not about economics.

2) The article is about the history of economics so there are facts and data that are out of date, but that is a given because it is about the history of econ so there will be past information that is relevant in the article.

3) It seems like a well put together article with a lot of information statistics and facts, legitimate.

4) There isn't bias in this article because it is factual statistics about economics.

5) The article talks about the studies of economics and how the united states uses economic theories.

6) All the citations work and bring you to a well supported and factual articles, each fact is backed up by a citation with a source that backs up the given information.

7) In the talk page, people say how there is a lot of information on other countries economic history but not a lot on the united states.

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