Symantec to acquire LifeLock

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I received this in my email box earlier today:


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[TD]Dear Customers,

We have some exciting news. Symantec, the leader in cybersecurity and parent company of Norton, has entered into an agreement to acquire LifeLock, the leader in identity protection.

Your identity, your most precious data, your most personal sentiments all live online. This is where you shop, bank, communicate, work — it’s even where you fall in love. Sadly, it’s also where the world’s most nefarious criminals seek to steal and exploit your personal information.

Cybercriminals have reached new levels of sophistication, both technologically and intellectually. They are modern-day bank robbers — stealing identities, personal information, and your private data in broad daylight. They can do it anonymously without even leaving their homes, with brazen disregard for the harm their crimes cause individuals and families. But make no mistake; there is turmoil, heartache, and monetary loss to the tune of billions of dollars thanks to cybercriminals and identity theft.

We live in a new day and you need an ally who will champion and defend your digital freedom. Someone who will help you gain control of your privacy, your security, and now your identity. We are that ally.

With the combination of Norton’s digital security and LifeLock’s identity protection, we are redefining what it means to be safe in a connected world. We will be offering one single solution for comprehensive protection that helps safely connect people, information, and things, everywhere, beyond the device and into the cloud. Our commitment is to always stand up for your digital security and protection so you can take full advantage of connected living, free of worry.

We expect to complete the acquisition early next year. Symantec and LifeLock will work together to ensure a seamless transition without any interruption of your current Norton and LifeLock offerings. When the time comes, we’ll reach out to let you know about the exciting new ways we’ll continue to serve you.

Have a safe and happy holiday season.
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[TD]–Your Norton Team
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Dan, have you tried LifeLock? I had it and they were completely hopeless with any incidents.


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Mike said:
Dan, have you tried LifeLock? I had it and they were completely hopeless with any incidents.
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Mike.......No, I have not tried LifeLock, nor will I try it. With all the sophisticated super hackers in cyberspace who have no difficulty penetrating mainframe computers at IBM, Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Sony, the US Government and world governments, plus anyone else they set their hacker sights on, why would I think LifeLock is impenetrable? I don't feel secure exposing all of my financial account information to LifeLock to "guard" my credit. I don't keep any account data stored on my computers or my phone. I realize that doesn't make me immune to ID theft but it certainly reduces my exposure.

In addition, I believe some of the personal notifications LifeLock sends to your phone to "alert" you of a possible hack on your credit are bogus communications designed to impress you that they have your back. It goes like this, you receive occasional alerts about an account that is trying to be opened in your name, you panic for a moment, then quickly tap the NO button on your phone to let LifeLock know it is not you. You take a deep breath then go on about your day feeling warm and fuzzy thinking LifeLock is certainly keeping you secure. It's subliminal advertising, in my opinion, designed to keep you worried to be without LifeLock and locked into their subscription payment plan. And that Million Dollar guarantee to fight for you if your credit is stolen, yeah right. What happens if a million of their customers get hacked when LifeLock's computers become compromised? Chapter 7 bankruptcy will be their umbrella as they close their doors with you and your compromised credit out in the rain. No thanks.
 
I agree with Dan.. If hackers that can break into the Pentagon, Apple, Google, NASA, Sony, News International, CIA, FBI, Scotland Yard,Yahoo, Microsoft, The New York Times, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, The Vatican, the FBI, the CIA, PayPal, Sony, Mastercard, Visa, Chinese, Israeli, Tunisian, and Uganda, State Revenue Departments, what you think your little home computer and its infancy software protection will protect you. By the time the hackers has screwed your life over its too late. What I find interesting is the CEO of Lifelock Todd Davis has had his identity stolen 13 yes 13 times , get the picture.
 
Chris.......I simply don't feel more protected by handing my financial data to some company whose claim to fame is a promise to spend up to a million dollars to undo damage if their services fail me. This doesn't even take into consideration a rogue employee or two with a pocket full of 128GB thumb drives. The "Edward Snowden" of LifeLock could profit handsomely from ID theft and do some real damage before anyone ever got wind of it. Putting that kind of trust into the hands of unknown strangers with unknown character goes against my natural sense of self preservation.
 
jdandy said:
Chris.......I simply don't feel more protected by handing my financial data to some company whose claim to fame is a promise to spend up to a million dollars to undo damage if their services fail me. This doesn't even take into consideration a rogue employee or two with a pocket full of 128GB thumb drives. The "Edward Snowden" of LifeLock could profit handsomely from ID theft and do some real damage before anyone ever got wind of it. Putting that kind of trust into the hands of unknown strangers with unknown character goes against my natural sense of self preservation.
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No argument from me Dan. I don't trust anyone.
 
Mike said:
Dan, have you tried LifeLock? I had it and they were completely hopeless with any incidents.


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I agree. Stay away from them. They were always sending me emails which made it sound like they had saved me from criminals each month when all they really meant to say was I hadn't been hacked yet. And good luck with them spending "up to" a million dollars in legal fees to fight to restore your credit identity.
 
Is using Norton a requirement of Lifelock? That alone would be a deal breaker. I find Norton very intrusive and a major pain in the neck. It periodically wipes out all my log-ins and "new tab" settings. I log on to my computer and don't recognize it. Now I just use Windows Defender and hope for the best. I periodically (whenever I remember) run the free version of Malwarebytes but it never finds any problems. I don't have a smart phone to worry about.
 
Another thing that should be of great concern to LifeLock customers, what happens to your personal information and financial account data when and if you decide to end your relationship with LifeLock? Do you trust that this critically important account information and personal data is permanently erased from LifeLock's hard drives? My opinion from a consumer's point of view is LifeLock's business model leaks like a sieve.
 
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