I felt safer when I had it. But, I do wonder if it really makes me any safer than just:
- 1) having a different password on every site;
- 2) not doing online banking with my phone;
- 3) locking my credit with every agency;
- 4) watching my home title (not sure if that is a placebo registration with my county...who knows); and
- 5) dumping my cookies and trackers and history every time I close my browser (although I know the rest of my family does not do this).
If LifeLock gains me anything over that, I would like to know, because I am willing to pay for them. But, I guess I feel pretty safe after doing the above, and think my bank and credit card companies are pretty secure.
I've thought about using Tor, since I have noticed some IP and session tracking even with my normal security precautions, and Tor is free after all. But, it may be worth it to pay for a VPN.