For most people, their credit score is something they either flaunt with pride or hide with shame.  Your credit score can be the difference between renting or buying a home, driving a beater or something off the showroom floor, paying or saving hundreds or even thousands extra in interest fees and landing your dream job.  Several factors affect your credit, so understanding the positives and negatives will give you better control over your score.  Those factors include length of credit history, payment history, amount of available credit, credit types and credit pulls. No matter ..read more

Criminals have gotten smarter and most consumers are none the wiser to the newest, high-tech crime in the country.  Crowd Hacking or Electronic Pickpocketing is the new, high-tech crime which targets RFID credit/debit cards, military CAC cards, access cards to buildings, U.S. passports issued after 2006 and Enhanced Driver's Licenses. Hackers purchase inexpensive card scanners online and can even use a cellphone to steal information from distances of over 25 feet.  A scanner can easily be concealed in a bag or backpack, allowing the hacker to walk through a busy area like a mall, air ..read more

SignalVault's Holiday Gift Guide 2020 1.  Amazon $50 Gift Card You really can't go wrong with an Amazon Gift Card since pretty much everyone uses Amazon, they have everything and loading the gift card into your account is super simple! 2.  RC Race Car - $24.99 This is an awesome RC car for any and all of your speed demons!  It looks cool, is easy to drive, has over 1,300 positive reviews and comes with two batteries for double the play time! 3.  Keurig K-Mini Coffee Maker - $59.99 We love this coffee maker because it is compact, easy-to-clean, brews a perfect cup of coff ..read more

With millions social distancing, self-isolating, distance learning, Zooming and binge watching Tiger King, odds are your WiFi is being tested more than it ever has before.  If you've recently purchased a mesh router like Orbi or Google Nest Wifi, you probably haven't missed a beat but if you are still running the five year old modem-router combo from your ISP, you're probably lagging behind (pun intended).  Use this guide to diagnose your slow WiFi, attempt to fix it for free and/or upgrade it to 2020 standards. First things first - you need to establish a baseline for your current s ..read more