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Month: April 2023

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Nonconsensual tracking: a case study in abusability

April 25, 2023 Bob Sullivan 0

“I can tell you from a purely anecdotal standpoint, as a person who works with organizations that work with survivors of domestic abuse every day, that nearly everyone that they see who has come in … in addition to suffering what we think of as physical or emotional or mental [Keep reading]

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This puppy scam will *really* make you mad — and then restore your faith in humanity

April 21, 2023 Bob Sullivan 0

Edit note: I’ve said sometimes that God is a journalist; it is quite remarkable how things line up sometimes in the storytelling business.  I’m still in deep mourning over the loss of my pet Rusty, so it was with great unease that I began work on today’s podcast, about a [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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