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Month: August 2024

Cybercrime / Privacy

Appeals court rules TikTok could be responsible for algorithm that recommended fatal strangulation game to child

August 29, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

TikTok cannot use federal law “to permit casual indifference to the death of a ten-year-old girl,” a federal judge wrote this week.  And with that, an appeals court has opened a Pandora’s box that might clear the way for Big Tech accountability. Silicon Valley companies have become rich and powerful [Keep reading]

Gotchas / Consumer

Inflation? We’re living in the golden age of Gotcha Capitalism

August 22, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

Inflation. That might be the most important word in the future of America right now, so it’s worth taking a few moments to understand it a little better. I think I can help by talking today about how prices are set.  Well….in reality, technology has changed business so radically that [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

A company named National Public Data just essentially made your SSN public. Now what?

August 16, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

Your Social Security number was almost certainly stolen by a hacker. And offered for sale in the Internet’s underground. Again. Don’t be alarmed; just be careful. Thanks to a class-action lawsuit made public earlier this week, we know that a company you’ve never heard of with the cryptic (and now [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

Social media hack attack relies on the kindness of friends; I was (almost) a victim

August 13, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

You might think your humble social media account would be of no use to multinational crime gangs, but you’d be wrong. Computer criminals have dozens of ways to turn hijacked Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or Twitter accounts into cash…or worse. You’d be stunned how quickly friend-of-friend attacks escalate into massive crime [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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