Did the new leader of France win because he outsmarted the very hackers who tried to tip the scales in last November’s U.S. election? Security professionals are trying to sort out this very possibility right now, following a storyline that sounds right out of a Michael Crichton novel. It’s going [Keep reading]
I’ve been fighting for consumer rights and writing about credit card fraud for a loooong time, and I’d never heard of this. In fact, lots of people in the banking industry have never heard of this. *Not* knowing this has probably cost us both some money through the years, so [Keep reading]
Many of you know how much I care about independent journalism. Not just the not Republican or not Democratic kind. I mean truly independent, like me. What I sometimes call “sustainable journalism.” Solo or small groups of journalists working to get the news out without the support of a major [Keep reading]
(Here’s my second in an ongoing series about what we’ve learned by browsing Insedia’s Pitchfork database of 4 billion stolen records. You can read Part 1 here. Visit Insedia.com to read part 2.) Bill Gates appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart back when Windows Vista was released, and Stewart [Keep reading]
By Christine Gacharná NOTE: High school JUNIORS (and parents), the clock is now ticking. Keep reading to learn what my college-bound teens and I wish we had known last year on May 1! I’ve compiled the information below to help you get a head-start on the process. Dreams, travels, college [Keep reading]
Premature release of Orange is the New Black by hackers is no big deal. Really. You can see why producers made the calculation that stopping the “hack” was not even worth the alleged $66,000 or so the hackers demanded as “ransom,” according to TorrentFreak. Why? Online show fans are very [Keep reading]
It’s not the economy, stupid. It’s the unwanted paycheck surprises, argues a new book. Unemployment is low, inflation is historically low, and even wages are perking up, leading many observers to believe the U.S. economy is humming along nicely. So why do many Americans say they are struggling? A new [Keep reading]
When setting up a new online account, we are all confronted with the frustrating exercise of generating a password. Even more frustrating is the “password critic” we often encounter at the point of account creation – the password strength meter. (This story originally ran at Insedia.com. Read it there.) If [Keep reading]
Another all-in-one credit card product has bit the dust, and thousands of consumers are once again getting the shaft. Plastc, said last fall that it had 80,000 pre-orders — many from consumers who put up $155 bucks for the vaporware gadget. The firm announced last night on its website that it [Keep reading]
Spam calls have basically killed cell phones. At least, the “phone” part of cell phones. If you’re like me, you just don’t bother answering calls from unexpected numbers any longer. The FCC says Americans get 2.4 billion fake calls every month. I think I got that many last week on [Keep reading]
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