The one exception is Jumbo because it's free you can layer it on top of whatever security suite you prefer. That being the case, we’ve chosen to focus mainly on identity theft protection services that also include local security protection for your devices-mostly, but not all, security suites. Unlike with many products, we can’t say, “My identity was stolen, and Product X did a better job than Product Y with recovering it.” On top of that, we have no way to test the efficacy of identity theft remediation services. Identity protection can be expensive, and some consumers aren’t happy spending money every year on a service they may never need to use. And if the worst happens, they offer end-to-end support for recovering from identity theft. Identity theft protection services monitor the Dark Web and elsewhere for signs that your data has been compromised, so you can get ahead of the thieves. Someone else’s mistake can lead right to your identity being stolen. While there’s a lot you can do to protect your private data, you have zero control over the ubiquitous data breaches that dominate the news.

The same can’t be said for identity theft. Whether it’s a banking Trojan stealing your savings, a botnet using your devices for nefarious purposes, or a ransomware attack demanding cash to recover your encrypted files, you could have prevented it. If you let your antivirus protection lapse or never installed protection in the first place, it’s your own darn fault when you get hit with malware.

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