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Month: June 2025

Cybercrime / Privacy

In Lina Khan’s America, there’s plenty of common ground — for those willing to challenge corporate power

June 19, 2025 Bob Sullivan 0

What is the greater threat to your personal liberty — a government that is too large or a corporation that is too large? Yes, of course, the right answer is probably both, but Americans have a long-standing urge to blame government for all ills — for some reason, we’re quicker [Keep reading]

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When justice comes ‘too little, too late,’ financial criminals can’t lose

June 12, 2025 Bob Sullivan 0

“I believe that a good lawyer has to acknowledge what the law in the system can do, but also what the law in the system cannot do. And that is brought into relief by this case. The law is primarily reactive. It is often playing catchup, and in the case [Keep reading]

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Crypto criminals now targeting artists, because of course they are

June 3, 2025 Bob Sullivan 0

Organized digital criminals have found another vulnerable group to attack: artists.  Using the confusion and buzz around crypto and NFTs, they are approaching artists with tempting partnership offers — we’ll make and sell NFTs of your work, and you’ll earn tidy commissions. But after months of promising messages, and alleged [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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