HomeSmart Offers a Low-Tech Way to Protect Your Identity

We use affiliate links. If you buy something through the links on this page, we may earn a commission at no cost to you. Learn more.

homesmart black out ID protectionInstead of shredding all those papers with sensitive financial information, you can permanently obscure the information with the HomeSmart Black Out Security Stamper and Pen.  It looks like one of those self-inking return address stampers, but the Black Out stamper uses permanent ink that can’t be erased or washed out to stamp a jumbled pattern that can’t be read through over your name and address, account numbers and balances, social security number, and other important data.  You’ll also get a Black Out Security Pen filled with permanent ink so that names and addresses on checks can’t be altered.  The Black Out Security Stamper and Pen set is $10.99 from HomeSmart.

6 thoughts on “HomeSmart Offers a Low-Tech Way to Protect Your Identity”




  1. Gadgeteer Comment Policy - Please read before commenting
  2. Unless there’s a reasonably powerful solvent in this, it won’t prevent the easiest of the more sophisticated attacks. That is the one where you iron the page to a piece of glassand the toner from the page adheres to the glass as it melts, giving a pretty easy view from the other side of the glass.

    Wait, I can trust all of you, right?

  3. Why would this be any better than a Sharpie? Stay with a shredder or hand it to a three-year old they do a more complete job of destruction…and after they’re done with it no human will want to even consider touching the paper.

  4. This product doesn’t really work. All you have to do is tilt the paper and the information you are trying to hide shows through easily.

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *