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Month: May 2017

Cybercrime / Privacy

Pets make great friends, but terrible passwords. Look how many I found!

May 2, 2017 Bob Sullivan 1

(Here’s my second in an ongoing series about what we’ve learned by browsing Insedia’s Pitchfork database of 4 billion stolen records. You can read Part 1 here. Visit Insedia.com to read part 2.) Bill Gates appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart back when Windows Vista was released, and Stewart [Keep reading]

Gotchas / Consumer

What shirt will you wear? It’s National College Decision Day! Here’s the ultimate guide to not screwing up the college choice process

May 1, 2017 Christine Gacharna 3

By Christine Gacharná NOTE: High school JUNIORS (and parents), the clock is now ticking. Keep reading to learn what my college-bound teens and I wish we had known last year on May 1! I’ve compiled the information below to help you get a head-start on the process. Dreams, travels, college [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

Netflix hack is no big deal. Here’s the big deal

May 1, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0

Premature release of Orange is the New Black by hackers is no big deal. Really.  You can see why producers made the calculation that stopping the “hack” was not even worth the alleged $66,000 or so the hackers demanded as “ransom,” according to TorrentFreak. Why? Online show fans are very [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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