How to Take Control of Your Data
Websites that register members, accept donations, and other ways that take personal information put our security at risk if they are hacked. The most current headline regarding these hacks involved the FBI Academy Association's websites. When this story was shared online, commenters mistakenly assumed the hack was an FBI website and that the hackers achieved... Continue Reading →
This. This article. Kyle Torpey @ Forbes, you said it! You never know who you'll TRIGGER-- online or in person. This is some scary stuff. Posts on social media with real names and some people sharing their phone numbers in line at CVS --- all very scary to me. *Soapbox Warning* Please don't share your... Continue Reading →
One website is particularly malicious. telephonedirectories.us started appearing in search results with our current phone number and physical address. Clicking on the link showed the page was not active. I submitted the removal request to Google, and the search result was removed. A few days later, another telephonedirectories.us result showed up, with a slightly different... Continue Reading →
"The Paranoid is never entirely mistaken." In it's mildest form, it's called situational awareness. The more extreme versions may apply to Preppers or eventually to conspiracy-theory hermits in tin foil hats. On the paranoia spectrum, I'd say I'm an amateur prepper. Experts in enterprise security talk about privacy and paranoia at this podcast. © 2019... Continue Reading →
We're taught from the time we're little kids to be nice and share. So when the clerk asks for our phone number or email, we give it, right? Here's the thing: those loyalty cards and discount programs are money-makers for those companies. They don't store our information just to send us coupons or help us... Continue Reading →
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