10 Ways To Recognize Fake (Spoof) Emails
PayPal, one of the leading companies in online payment solutions, has created a very useful resource for understanding “spoof” emails. Spoof emails arRead More…
Category: Privacy / Security
Password Security Tips
As technology makes life more convenient, our reliance on passwords to protect our data continues to increase at an alarming rate. The awful truth is Read More…
What Is Spyware / Adware?
Adware and spyware are not necessarily the same thing, though these terms are often used interchangeably. Both, however, can be bothersome, as they teRead More…
How To Avoid Viruses
A computer virus can be defined as a self-replicating program that spreads by copying itself into the legitimate code of programs or documents. Many vRead More…
DoubleClick Defending Google Deal But Privacy Groups Want Investigation
New York based DoubleClick came out with a public statement today, pledging that the information it collects for and about its customers won’t be shRead More…
Purdue University Warns Students: The RIAA Wants Info on Thousands of You
Last week, 40,000+ students at Purdue (including myself) received a warning email. In short, stop illegal downloads, the Recording Industry AssociatioRead More…
Is anyone else nervous about Google?
I really enjoy using Gmail and other Google products, but lately I’ve been getting a little nervous about where Google is headed. Let me explain whyRead More…
First US E-Passports Released, Privacy Activists Not Pleased
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) recently hosted an email exchange between Assistant Secretary of State Maura Harty and American Civil Read More…
AT&T Customers’ Credit Card Data Accessed Illegally
AT&T has announced that over the weekend “unauthorized persons” illegally accessed credit card information and other personal data from “fewer than Read More…
U.S. Poorly Prepared for Internet Disaster
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) claims that a Business Roundtable composed of CEOs from 160 large U.S. companies (including IBM, HP, CRead More…