Norton LifeLock
Our series on identity theft protection apps will evaluate the features, pricing options, competition, and also the overall value of using each app. However, these are not full hands-on reviews since evaluating identity theft protection apps is almost impossible. It would require several months of testing, purposefully hacking accounts to see if the protection app works, handing over personally identifiable information, performing multiple credit checks, and risking exposure of the reviewer’s personally identifiable information. It would not be a stretch to say that Norton is the most trusted name in consumer safety and security. Symantec (which is now called Norton LifeLock as of last year) started way back in 1982 and the name Norton is easily recognizable for its popular antivirus protection that ships preinstalled on many PC’s. While that all might seem like a marketing and branding comment, it does provide some level of assurance with the Norton LifeLock identity theft prote...