r/ModernIdentityTheft
62 members
r/ModernIdentityTheft is a subreddit with 62 members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, and the community frequently discusses phone security, online privacy, personal information protection, cybersecurity, and identity theft.
Covers Identity Theft that has occurred more recently. this is the identity theft sub that doesn't give out outdated information.
Popular Themes in r/ModernIdentityTheft
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Heads up: sophisticated phishing attack taking advantage of credit monitoring"
3 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "What is the easiest way to see if someone has claimed unemployment under your name / ensuring your ssn is safe? "
2 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "I am looking into joining Charles Schwab"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/ModernIdentityTheft
#1
Phone Security
: "Protect your phone number!"
3 posts
#2
Online Privacy
: "New recommendation: Do Not allow updates on your iOS after you unbox. Use PCs, like the rest of corporate americq not Macbooks. Never use an @icloud.com email domain"
2 posts
#3
Personal Information Protection
: "Protect your phone number!"
2 posts
#4
Cybersecurity
: "https://www.wsj.com/tech/Cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-linked-hack-327fc63b?reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink"
2 posts
#5
Identity Theft
: "Possible Identity Theft relating to drivers license?"
2 posts
#6
Credit Monitoring
: "Heads up: sophisticated phishing attack taking advantage of Credit Monitoring"
1 post
#7
Phishing
: "Heads up: sophisticated Phishing attack taking advantage of credit monitoring"
1 post
#8
Scams
: "ID protection companies... are a scam"
1 post
#9
Protective Measures
: "initial steps to protect yourself"
1 post
#10
Phone Number Protection
: "Protect your phone number!"
1 post
Flair Used in r/ModernIdentityTheft
#1
What's happening is unexplainable
: "Default Reaction: Overreact"
5 posts
#2
Public companies, being bad actors
: "Companies have algorithms to decide if you're CLV is worth helping"
4 posts
#3
Appalled and deplorable
: "beware of focus features"
3 posts
#4
I have a question: how to ?
: "New recommendation: Do Not allow updates on your iOS after you unbox. Use PCs, like the rest of corporate americq not Macbooks. Never use an @icloud.com email domain"
2 posts
#5
No one believes me
: "an extreme example of google maps screen casting. "
2 posts
#6
credit card fraud
: "What is the easiest way to see if someone has claimed unemployment under your name / ensuring your ssn is safe? "
2 posts
#7
i’m panicking
: "initial steps to protect yourself"
1 post
#8
Just cause you poured syrup on it don’t make it pancakes
: "iPhone 18.0.1 on 15 pro: invasiveness became so bad that facial rec. and text codes no longer worked have to move onto physical tokens and third-party MFA such as duo mobile I bought a phone cash and it wasn’t on a plan so not tethered. Sim lock on , useless. Even more hacked; no cellular"
1 post
#9
Nonemergency
: "Somebody hacked my Reddit profile but not surprised . I’m deleting it "
1 post
Member Growth in r/ModernIdentityTheft
Yearly
+13 members(26.5%)
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Last updated: June 16, 2026