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Comparing LifeLock to LoudSiren which to choose.
Comparing one thing to another is inevitable even when such a thing is LifeLock vs LoudSiren. Whether it is intended or not, comparing one thing against the other is always happening. On occasion, because of this comparison, disagreements and even heated arguments arise. I have seen this happen recently in the identity theft market when two friends argued who was best LoudSiren or LifeLock. Usually I would just separate myself from such an argument but in this case I caused the “debate”. I didn’t mean to I just asked for an opinion while having lunch because I didn’t know much about either company. I just wanted to protect myself from identity theft and I didn’t even know that one of them used this type of company. A simple question to one person set off quite the argument. At least these two were comparing things on the same level this time, you know apples to apples, because I have to admit I have seen them argue before about things that do not have the same qualities.

Anyways this is what they taught me. Life Lock is just like many other identity theft protection companies. They are the type of company that really does all the work for their clients even though some things could be done yourself such as ordering your credit report. In order to get attention and show how confident they are in being able to protect your identity, Lifelocks CEO actually made his social security number public. This is indeed how I first became aware of this company. LifeLock is also able to generate positive public relations for itself because they have been recognized by other companies. I am not positive about what these are but some awards were awarded.

They have an ISO 27001 certification that proves that their security procedures at company headquarters in Tempe, Arizona is first rate. They seem to have invested in such which makes them able to provide real protection of the personal that people turn over to them. LifeLock is also perhaps the only company that can provide identity theft protection services to minors.

Loud Siren, another identity theft protection company slowly climbing the identity protection industry ladder, they are also at par with LifeLock. They can actually speed up the process of your credit requests though I don’t know how. They also put a LoudSiren Safe Phone Number in your credit report that keeps personal phone numbers private. Also, during the credit approval request process, reporting fraudulent credit requests is easy to report to law enforcement by pressing a button on your phone.

LoudSiren has a patent pending technology that is perhaps the closest thing to getting full proof identity protection at least when it comes to fraud alerts. There is also an audit trail that ensures that the real person is doing the transaction and not just any other person pretending to be you.

Life Lock and LoudSiren place fraud alerts on your behalf and get you a copy of your credit report. They also stop pre-approved credit offers and reduce your junk mail.

To be honest I am not sure what all this means as it was hard to retain all the points made because they were arguing. I definitely have a basis for further research and I hope to share my findings with you shortly.