Freezing your credit won't protect you from all scams. But it does keep cybercriminals from opening accounts in your name.

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I went back and forth on freezing my credit for weeks before I actually did it. As a personal finance editor covering identity theft, I knew it would make it harder for cybercriminals to open a ...