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Month: June 2017

Gotchas / Consumer

While you are watching Comey, Congress will vote to take away consumer protections (like it’s 2008)

June 7, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0

While folks are consumed by the testimony of former FBI Director Jim Comey — almost certain to be a letdown — take a moment to look around at the action that’s really happening in Washington D.C.  Comey is going to say a bunch of things we already know. Your attention [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

The Russians keep running circles around us on the hacking story. Here’s why (again!)

June 5, 2017 Bob Sullivan 1

Vladimir Putin has been far more visible lately with statements on the Russian-U.S. election story.  Well-schooled in the art of Russian linguistic vaguery, he has alternately said that Russian free-lance hackers  may have been involved, or that a 3-year-old may have been involved, all with a taunting snicker.  Journalists — and [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

Why the Do Not Call list doesn’t really work any more

June 5, 2017 Bob Sullivan 0

I looked into the problem of robocalling recently for MagnifyMoney.com.  Here’s the latest: Help is coming, but it’s still going to be a while. I’d say more, but my phone is ringing.  Here’s a taste of the story. Click to read the rest at MagnifyMoney.com If you’re afraid to answer [Keep reading]

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ARCHIVE: The secret list of ID theft victims. Why the IRS, the SSA, and other agencies don’t millions of victims

June 1, 2017 Bob Sullivan 1

JAN 29, 2005 — Linda Trevino, who lives in a Chicago suburb, applied for a job last year at a local Target department store, and was denied.  The reason? She already worked there — or rather, her Social Security number already worked there. Follow-up investigation revealed the same Social Security [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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