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Month: June 2015

Privacy

Fine print alert: PayPal says it can robocall or robotext users, who can’t opt out (check eBay’s terms, too)

June 4, 2015 Bob Sullivan 0

NOTE: Since this story broke on Credit.com earlier this week, PayPal has told BGR.COM that users will be able to opt-out of robocalling and robotexting.  That is different from what PayPal told me, though it isn’t clear that this is a change or simply a clarification.  As this story notes, PayPal has [Keep reading]

RoadTrip

Cheap gas means you should be planning your summer road trip right now (like me!)

June 3, 2015 Bob Sullivan 0

Time to break out the old nationwide atlas road map — it’s going to be a great summer for road trips, thanks to low gas prices. You might want to splurge on an app or GPS with up-to-date traffic information, too, because lots of other families will have the same [Keep reading]

No Picture
Privacy

AP reports that FBI is behind mysterious aircraft flying surveillance missions above US cities

June 2, 2015 Bob Sullivan 0

While Washington continues its dog-and-pony show about a clumsy telephone network dragnet designed to find needles in haystacks, people really concerned about the future of the republic should simply look up — at all these low-flying planes making deliberate left-handed circles around D.C. and dozens of other cities.  The FBI has [Keep reading]

Privacy

Test shows 97% fooled in phishing test; terrorists now using popular criminal hacking trick

June 2, 2015 Bob Sullivan 1

Plenty of folks think they could never be outsmarted by a hacker; plenty of them are wrong. In fact, perhaps 97% are wrong. Two new studies make this point, and show the devastating consequences of being wrong. (This story originally appeared on Credit.com. Read it there.) Security firm McAfee has [Keep reading]

The Restless Project

The gender gap you haven’t heard about: Women’s emergency savings $36k vs. $58k for men

June 1, 2015 Bob Sullivan 0

While many Americans are ill-prepared for a financial disaster, women are far worse off than men, according to a new study by BMO Harris Premier Services.  The financial services firm says that men with any emergency savings have an average of $58,061 put away to deal with the sitution, compared to only $33,558 [Keep reading]

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BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism, and the 2010 New York Times Best Seller, Stop Getting Ripped Off! His latest, The Plateau Effect, was published in 2013, and as a paperback, called Getting Unstuck in 2014. He has won the Society of Professional Journalists prestigious Public Service award, a Peabody award, and The Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness award, and been given Consumer Action’s Consumer Excellence Award.

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