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What to do with old online accounts you don’t use anymore? KOMO / Ticor Consumer Tip

On January 26, 2021 / Blog, Ticor Tech Tip, Uncategorized, WesternWA

We are proud to say we have partnered with long time local area consumer protection advocate Herb Weisbaum of KOMO to bring you Technology and Title Tips.

Chances are you have old online accounts that you haven’t used for a long time, maybe years.

Old Online Accounts

And the odds are that the old passwords on those unused accounts are weak ones. If you can remember other places you used them, this is a good opportunity to generate some new and secure ones.

Signing up for an account is easy. That’s not always the case when you want to cancel. Some sites hide this information, so you won’t leave. If you run into a roadblock, rather than give up, do a search for “how to cancel” or call customer service.

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What to do with Old Online Accounts

What is MFA and why you need to enable it now KOMO / Ticor Consumer Tip

On January 12, 2021 / Blog, Ticor Tech Tip, Uncategorized, WesternWA

We are proud to say we have partnered with long time local area consumer protection advocate Herb Weisbaum of KOMO to bring you Technology and Title Tips.

When someone calls you on the phone, it’s not always easy to tell if they’re a con artist pretending to be with a government agency, your bank or credit card company.

If you reuse the same password on a lot of accounts – as so many people do – you’re putting all of those accounts at risk, if just one of them is compromised. You should have a strong and unique password for each of your accounts. You can use a password manager to remember them for you.

At the very least, it’s imperative that you have a secure and unique password for your key accounts: email, bank, credit card, financial and social media accounts. Then set up multi-factor authentication (MFA) whenever possible.

MFA can help to protect your accounts.

MFA requires you to enter a code – sent to you by phone or email – as well as the password, to verify it’s really you. Yes, this slows you down a few seconds, but it can stop a fraudster. It can also save you from the hassles of having to deal with a compromised account.