Uber’s new safety preference sections give quick access to tools like PIN verification and ShareMyTrip and let you automatically activate them. Uber’s new safety preference sections give quick ...

The IRS, victim of at least one hack, has temporarily suspended its Identity Protection PIN tool. The agency cites more than 800 fraudulent reports it had blocked up to the end of February ...

It helps the IRS verify taxpayers’ identity and accept their electronic or paper tax return. The online Get an IP PIN tool immediately displays a taxpayer’s IP PIN; however, the tool is currently down ...

Uber’s safety tools may not be simple to discover ... My Uber driver asked for my PIN recently. In my half-asleep state, I stared at him, alarmed, for a few seconds before it dawned on me ...

The Internal Revenue Service has restored the online “Get an IP PIN” service after fixing security vulnerabilities in the tool for giving identity theft victims an Identity Protection Personal ...

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has pulled the plug on the e-File PIN system earlier than scheduled as a precautionary step to thwart attempts to steal the codes, which can be used to gather ...

2. Use the online tool to get an IP PIN. After you create an online account, use the “Get an IP Pin” button on the IRS website to register for a PIN. You can access the IP PIN tool from mid ...

The tool, an identity protection PIN, can help. By Ron Lieber An I.R.S. IP PIN, credit bureau security freezes and multifactor authentications are all part of Ron Lieber’s base-line security ...

The IRS has an effective tool for preventing identity theft, and it’s now available to all taxpayers: a six-digit PIN that prevents scammers from filing a fraudulent tax return using your Social ...