Awesome, really appreciate all the details. I’ll make an account for each of the 3 and go from there.

Sure there is the fear of a data breach since these sites will have my SSN, and breaches seem far too common these days. But if you trust them, I’ll take your word since you’ve taught me far more than I expected to learn asking! The FIS sounds nightmarish.

Any other information you think might be worth sharing?

Couldn’t have been better said. I work in an industry full of narcissists, the OP just needs to regularly start flexing the part of the mind that allows us all to sincerely conceptualize the situation of another party. It’s strangely fun once you get good at doing it.

Which one required money to unfreeze? Because that definitely sounds sketchy.

I mean, this is exactly how it feels these days, and it sorta does feel like the entry field for my information on those sites isn’t that safe lol. Let alone professional, makes you wonder if the sites legitimate. 🥴

Notepad++ isn’t trying to shoehorn in AI for starters. It’s clear Microsoft is praying the current gimmicky narrative of AI will let the masses not realize this is a privacy nightmare.

I figured, but I heard there were other agencies, and I was hoping someone hear could shed some light on it. I maybe getting old, but i like thinking there’s always something new to learn. 👍

Thanks I’ll do all of them, is the response time usually fast? And, it feels crazy risky giving them my cell number these days with increasing frequency of spam, can I just leave that blank? 🤔

Can’t say I knew Innovis existed, wonder why it’s not shared as one of the big ones?

Also, it could be silly asking, but why do you want to freeze your debit score? I never knew that was even a thing until now.

It’s a good thing I stayed loyal to Firefox. Mainly due to my dislike of change lol, but I was forced to use Chrome and it felt ominous with its owner being Google.

Bingo. When I heard about it, figured I would rather ask here.

Haha Open to staying, just looking since it’s time to check the landscape out if anything’s changed. My friend has Proton VPN, but so many options these days.