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Month: June 2018

Cybercrime / Privacy

Who likes long airport lines? For Clear, and airports, frustration is a sales pitch

June 29, 2018 Bob Sullivan 0

“Skip the lines! No wait times!” yelled the “Clear” salespeople swarming beleaguered fliers at Sea-Tac airport on Thursday. The standard passenger security screening line wound far down the usual hallway. Travelers who approached slumped their shoulders when it came in view. But all around this frustrated and captive audience were [Keep reading]

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The ‘stolen scream’ — photographer’s self-portrait stolen, used around the world

June 11, 2018 Bob Sullivan 0

  ARCHIVE – 2011 —  His is the face of revolution in the Middle East and in Latin America. He’s on the cover of a book published in Mexico. He’s an unforgettable image of anger on T-shirts everywhere. He’s an icon painted by graffiti artists on city walls in Spain and [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

What’s wrong with tech? The hidden side effects. Announcing the new Red Tape Chronicles (motto)

June 4, 2018 Bob Sullivan 3

Not long ago, I was approached by someone to help write a book about the race to cure cancer. It was an intriguing idea, and it sent me down a rabbit whole of research so I’d be able to understand what I’d be getting into. What I found was one [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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