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Test your ID theft defense with these online games

Published: Thursday, May 05, 2011, 6:00 AM

By Brent Hunsberger, The Oregonian
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Sony. Health Net. Epsilon. Portland PCPA. With these high-profile or nearby data breaches, you're probably wondering if identity theft is on the increase and what you can do about it besides live in an underground fortress a la The Road. It's Only Money aims to answer those questions this weekend.

For now, here's something to entertain yourself and the kids. The otherwise staid-sounding Federal Trade Commission has created a site devoted to ID theft called OnGuard Online. Using the tagline "Stop. Think. Click," the site includes games designed to enhance your ID theft awareness.

Most of the games' questions and answers are common sense. That's another way of saying you shouldn't miss any of them. But if you do, you'd best take some more surveys.

What questions do you have about identity theft? Email them before the weekend.

Meantime, here's one game on laptop security:

Thursday, May 5, 2011