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Originally Posted by ossiblue
IMO, freeze your credit. Don't know your situation, but it is now much easier to freeze and unfreeze your credit due to the breaches. Your biggest risk is someone establishing new credit under your ID, and that will effectively be prevented with a freeze. Illegal transactions with existing credit cards will be covered by the companies. Don't forget, credit reports are also commonly used to rent houses/apartments and purchase large ticket items. A freeze will limit those type activities to, hopefully, zero.
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^^^ froze mine about 15 years ago....just do it!