Consumer Watch has done a piece titled "Protect Laptop from Identity Theft" and, despite the grammar choice in said title, have provided some key pieces of advice:

1. Don’t log onto unsecured wireless networks.
   • Anyone can watch what you’re doing, which is a major privacy risk. Wireless eavesdropping is a major problem - simple programs can capture your passwords and through all this, your ID. You put yourself at risk for identity theft.
2. Get a lock for your laptop
3. Get a biometric device requiring a fingerprint scan to sign onto the computer
4. Get encryption software

These steps can help you protect yourself from identity theft and, in the corporate environment, from security breaches and data loss.

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