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Grieving wife, stepdaughter learn dark truth about missing cremated remains

May 19, 2023 Bob Sullivan 0

By my calculations … at the low end, she may have stolen 3% of the population of Montrose. Last week I introduced the story of Diana McBride, who had just begun a quest to discover the truth after her step-dad’s cremains went missing following his untimely death. When Diana’s mom, [Keep reading]

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When ‘Cactus’ died, he was supposed to be cremated. Instead, something horrible happened

May 12, 2023 Bob Sullivan 0

It did keep plaguing me, you know, what really happened? Did they mix up his body? Did they lose his body? Little did I know what really happened. Really the horror, the nightmare was yet to come. I’ve hosted nearly 75 Perfect Scam podcasts during the past two years, but [Keep reading]

Gotchas / Consumer

Hundreds of supplement companies warned about ads; is this any way to protect consumers?

May 5, 2023 Bob Sullivan 0

I’m often asked, “Isn’t there a truth in advertising law?!!??” by consumers who feel cheated by a company that embedded a gotcha in its advertisements.  My sad answer is often some variation of “No, not really.” At least that’s been the on-the-ground reality for some time.  There’s a glimmer of [Keep reading]

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Rules for Whistleblowers: a Handbook for Doing What’s Right

May 2, 2023 Bob Sullivan 0

When Whistleblower Francis Haugen came forward and testified before Congress about what she thought was going wrong inside Facebook, she changed big tech forever. But how? I recently talked about this with Stephen Kohn, author of the book, Rules for Whistleblowers, A Handbook for Doing What’s Right, and many, many [Keep reading]

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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]

Cybercrime / Privacy

Dealing with Twitter’s big 2FA downgrade today? Don’t make this HUGE mistake

March 22, 2023 Bob Sullivan 0

Twitter has followed through with its half-baked plan to turn off two-factor authentication for (millions of?) non-paying users, leaving them half-naked to the vast criminal underground. If that’s you, you’re looking at not-very-good choices right now, but doing nothing might be the worst of all. I’m seeing reports of people [Keep reading]

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Podcast: The Battle for Your Brain — preserving ‘cognitive liberty’ in the age of neurotechnology

March 21, 2023 Bob Sullivan 0

If you feel a little creeped out by the idea of wearing gadgets that send your pulse rate or oxygen levels or sleep patterns to a big tech company …wait until you hear what Duke University professor Nita Farahany is warning people about in her brand-new book, The Battle for [Keep reading]

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Podcast: Maybe smart gadgets need ‘nutrition’ labels

March 14, 2023 Bob Sullivan 0

Your home is getting “smarter” all the time…full of smart gadgets, anyway…in fact, most people listening probably have trouble keeping Internet-connected devices OUT of their homes.  It’s hard to buy a DUMB TV now, for example, one that doesn’t watch you while you are watching it.  But most people know [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

Is Alexa getting between you and your partner?

March 9, 2023 Bob Sullivan 0

Filling your home with smart gadgets comes with plenty of risks —  your TV might watch you, an angry partner or roommate might spy on you, or they might rob you of mental acuity, for example. These are big, scary threats that you probably think about, then forget about, every [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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