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Security and Protection

As an internet-connected device, your phone can be vulnerable to cybercrime. Hackers and cybercriminals may attempt to secretly access your device to steal valuable information like your bank account number, email address, and more. Despite this serious threat, many people do not know how to secure their phones from hackers....
January 14, 2022
All too often, folks come to us with a phone that has already been dropped, dunked, smashed, crushed, chewed, frozen, or even baked. (Yes, baked.) This is, in its way, a typical element of the human condition: We generally don’t think about protecting our stuff until it’s too late. Of...
December 23, 2021
adult, AKKO blog, Cell Phones, No TOC, Phone Insurance
by Evan Nachimson As an independent musician who’s spent the better half of the past eight years riding the grit-filled subways of New York City from gig to gig, guitar in hand, I’ve become all too familiar with the risks of hauling valuable music equipment all around town. Whether it’s performing for...
December 8, 2021
adult, AKKO blog, Cell Phones, No TOC, Phone Financing, Phone Insurance
Did you know 93% of occurrences of college theft happen on campus? 31% in On-Campus Housing. We don’t write about this to be alarming. But the reality is that Theft happens! Especially at and near College Campuses. That's why our AKKO College Plan includes THEFT COVERAGE. If something is stolen,...
May 17, 2019
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Whether a freshman or graduate student, there's never been an easy and affordable way to protect the items you care about, and depend on, until now... AKKO protects Any 25 items a student owns against Accidental Damage & Theft in one plan that only costs $14/month and with the industry's...
May 16, 2019
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