[jyu]

Request a credit freeze or a security freeze from the credit bureaus. This prevents entities from accessing your credit report without you lifting the freeze.

This stops a lot of the low hanging identity theft cases.

http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0497-credit-freeze-faqs

[Splendor]

In case it matters, a credit freeze will also prevent services like Credit Karma from being able to access your information.

https://help.creditkarma.com/hc/en-us/articles/202041774-I-h...