Check Your Mail for Fraudsters Physical mailboxes can be “hacked” Your mailbox may have been taken over by a fraudster. If you don’t often check the mail, then you’re susceptible to identity thieves hoodwinking the postal service and holding your mail at their convivence. This sounds impossible, but America is a big country and not…
Security or Advertising? If it’s so secure… why does it keep getting hacked? Every technology company claims that its technology is impenetrable, that safety and security are top priorities in addition to your privacy. Then a group of hackers takes every scrap of information that’s available on their supposedly secure servers. What’s infuriating and sad…
5G Threatens Privacy New technology, same concerns History endlessly repeats itself. As new technologies rollout, we find ourselves questioning two entities – governments and corporations. How much privacy should we give up to government and corporations? Ideally, as little as needed to ensure that society can safely proceed with what must be done for everyone…
Crime Never Sleeps While the government was on snooze, criminals pounced on victims nationwide. It’s hard to maintain law and order when there’s no money to pay employees who actually do the work. As politicians argued in short bursts and rested in their estates, criminals pilfered millions of dollars from normal citizens. Police departments had…
Marriott Hotel, NASA Data Breach, Affect Millions Worldwide Close to half a billion people might have been affected Many people use hotels while travelling. It’s common to hand over all of your personal information at a hotel – name, address, passport, travel visa, who you’re traveling with, the duration of your stay, phone number, and…
What is a Credit Freeze? In late September 2018 credit report freezes became free for Americans. Congress moved an inch and amended the Fair Credit Reporting Act to finally remove the cost of freezing and unfreezing credit reports. What is a credit freeze? According to the Federal Trade Commission, this free tool lets you restrict…
Even if Facebook Shutters, Your Privacy is Still at Risk Users complain but the company is too big to fail… right? It’s a timeless story of corporate juggernauts who think they can do no wrong. People used to joke that Facebook would become the new Myspace, and it seems that time is approaching. But what…
Data Leaks Bring in the New Year German politicians are under the spotlight due to recent data leaks. It’s easy to forget that politicians are people too, and as people, data leaks definitely affect them the same way as anyone else. These politicians have had their personal and professional devices cracked wide open for the…
Retain Your Privacy Online Social media companies often accidently overshare Your personal life is your business. The more others can look into it, the more gossip will float around. Nobody likes to admit that they gossip, but social media is an open window into personal lives. We see, we discuss – it’s very…
Facebook Apps Collect and Sell Personal Information It turns out those quizzes we take for fun on Facebook are big information traps. There are companies that disguise their surveys as fun quizzes in order to collect more information about you. Not only do these quizzes ask you to give them access to your Facebook…