1. Secure your home WiFi. Make sure your wireless router has a strong password you change regularly. Also, make sure you're updating the router software as soon as it prompts you to. Having an unsecured router is similar to leaving your front door open.

2. Post online with care. Without realizing it, you may be posting clues on social media that identity thieves may collect to put together a profile on you, which they could then use to guess security questions like: "What was your city of birth" or "What was your high school mascot?"

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