Of all the things Mark Zuckerberg said this week before Congress, I found this the most incredulous: “I would hope that what we do with data is not surprising to people.” Everyone is surprised when they find out what Facebook does with data. I’ve been writing about data hacks and [Keep reading]
Starbucks change in Wi-Fi policy — forcing users to hand over their email address — gave me an excuse to look closer at the firm’s privacy policy, and I found something strange there. If consumers get cold feet and want to remove the personal information they’ve shared with Starbucks at [Keep reading]
With all the sensitive news about Facebook and privacy hovering menacingly over the Internet this week, it seems an odd time for Starbucks to begin “forcing” consumers to register so they can connect to Wi-Fi. But that’s indeed what’s happening to coffee drinkers around the country. Many are sipping coffee [Keep reading]
On episode 4 of Breach, our podcast about the massive Yahoo hack, investigative journalist Michael Isikoff appears to provide a much deeper view of Russian attacks on critical U.S. systems during the past decade. Isikoff is one of the most important journalists of our generation, and he becomes part of the [Keep reading]
NOTE: This is the third in an ongoing series of stories that explain complex behavioral economics ideas in simple was, and use them to your advantage in everyday life. READ there entire Everyday Econ series. There’s a car dealer outside New York City who aggressively advertises $7,500 discounts for buyers [Keep reading]
What’s really going on inside Center 18 — the cybersecurity office of the Russian FSB? And who exactly were the Russians behind the hack of Yahoo. For Episode 3 of our Breach podcast, we dig deep inside Russia’s cyber-hacking machine with the help of Moscow-based journalist Andrei Soldatov . He’s co-author of [Keep reading]
When we think about the $1.45 trillion student loan crisis, we normally imagine struggling, young, recent college graduates. We often don’t think about the collateral damage among families that overwhelming school debt can inflict, but that’s a fast-growing problem. Almost all private student loans require a co-signer, and increasingly, the [Keep reading]
Was the massive hack on Yahoo — the largest hack in history — related in any way to the Russian “hacking” of the U.S. election? I’ve been asking quietly myself that question, and asking sources that question, for many months. Now, it’s time to ask the question out loud. Events [Keep reading]
Rusty’s rating: 11 on a scale of 1 to 10. Equal to Folly Beach! It’s travel time again, which means I’m sneaking time in between chasing down the details of a vast Russian conspiracy to travel America with Rusty, my golden retriever and sidekick. Today, I’m going to talk about [Keep reading]
Breach, Epiosde 2, sets the scene at Yahoo when Marissa Meyer took over, and very quickly became the one of the world’s most famous CEOs. But underneath the glamour and bold decisions, Yahoo soon had a massive problem. How did she handle it? Yelling at a New York Times reporter [Keep reading]
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