Safety Series Part 3 of 4: Wild Bill’s Personal and Home Security Tricks

April 30, 2009 by dr. lam

x_30_dtl_wildbill_bio_070830300w As part of my series on safety, I would like to feature some of the thoughts by renowned security expert, “Wild” Bill Stanton, of Today Show fame, who came to speak to us in Houston at my EO event. He mentioned a lot of basic tips that I thought I would share with you in list format:

1. When using your cell phone, do not put your personal information on there like your social security number, etc. Obviously if you do or even if you don’t, Passcode protect it. I immediately passcode protected my phone after I heard that.

2. On social networking sites like Facebook, don’t have your birth year listed because an entire birthdate and a mother’s maiden name slipped out can give identity thefts a lot of tools that they could easily use against you.

3. This may be obvious, but never give out personal information when someone is calling you. However, if you call the number on the back of your credit card and they require security information, that should be safe to do. Just not when a random voice is calling you.

4. Eliminate your GPS “home” button in your car because it leads your robber right back to your home with a free pass through the gate and garage door effortlessly. Along those lines, lock the door between your house and your garage and always, always, always set the alarm.

5. Make sure your doors are of the highest quality to withstand someone trying to kick it down. Make sure all windows and doors are locked at ALL TIMES.

6. Make sure that you do not have any kids’ toys lying around the yard that could attract pedophile predators.

7. Be extra careful on nights with storms because there are so many false entries that the police can’t handle the calls so burglars tend to like these chaotic times to make their way in. But remember, they can break in at any time and can look and dress like anyone. Be on the alert.

I hope these tips were helpful for you. Let me know if you like them or if you have more tips of your own. Tomorrow we cover vacation safety. I thought those were great tips from Wild Bill.

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