The article is talking about the ways that you can protect your personal ID and credit, and the "best" protection would be by putting a security freeze to your credit. "You'll typically pay $30, if you've been a victim of ID theft to freeze your report at major credit bureaus-Exquifax, Experian and TransUnion. You would spend $120 a year for less effective credit monitoring services."

I think that the best way you can protect yourself from ID theft is by freezing your credit, and I think that there are many other ways to do that too. Another way would be by not giving your social security # to anyone, not even relatives, and according to the article, always ask why the number is needed and if another ID "will do the trick."