About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of securing investments and financial accounts against various threats, especially in the context of rising market values and increasing risks of identity theft.

As the markets hit all-time highs again, one of the things that has become top of mind for me personally is how to make sure that our investments are actually secure. If you're a long-term passive, total market index investor like me, then you've definitely seen your portfolio grow quite substantially over the years. With this, one begins to wonder: What can be done to ensure the security of those investments? In this case, I'm not talking about the volatility of the investments themselves, but rather how to ensure that our investment and other financial accounts do not get hacked, that someone doesn't destroy our credit score, and that we don't become victims of identity theft, among the many other security threats that exist. This is especially prevalent in this age of AI, where it is easier than ever for someone to replicate our voice, or have AI crawl the internet to pull personal information about us that can be used to access our sensitive accounts, steal our money, or make critical changes that can cripple our net worth. Especially since it's tax season right now, where we have to be extra diligent due to things like CRA scams, I thought it would be a good idea to do a…

People in this episode

Host: Kornel Szrejber

Topics covered

• investment security
• identity theft
• financial accounts
• market volatility
• CRA scams
• personal finance

Keywords

• investment security
• identity theft
• financial safety
• CRA scams
• market highs
• AI threats
• credit score

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CRA, AI

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