Comments on: New ID Theft Research And Blog For Debix

By: Debix

Debix — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:55:35 +0000

“This is due to self-selection”
Parents are signing up for Debix and few if any would have known their children were victims of identity theft. I think this study is great, maybe not fully accurate but still valuable.
Debix, has also received good reviews and is far cheaper then the competition. Compare them with the link in my signature.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:20:59 +0000

Dan,
I haven’t seen the study, but how would most minors know? Maybe most minors get in via their parents signing up for a family plan.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:11:10 +0000

Dan,
I haven’t seen the study, but how would most minors know? Maybe most minors get in via their parents signing up for a family plan.

By: DanT

DanT — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:38:38 +0000

FUD alert!
Please correct your post: 1 in 20 minors ENROLLED IN DEBIX had a credit history when they should not have, not “one in every classroom”.
This is due to self-selection: minors with attacks on their identiy are likely to be _enrolled in Debix_ credit-monitoring service. Minors without such attacks are unlikely to enroll unless they are at risk due to fame or known identity compromise – which usually pays for a year of a credit monitoring service like Debix. It’s kind of like saying most people with car insurance own cars.
This study only examined 500 records. Is that because Debix has less than 1,000 minors enrolled? Compared to the number of minors in the country, the error rate of this study is orders of magnatude more than the purported findings.