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]
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]
“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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
(NOTE: Before going on, I want to thank all of you for the kindness you’ve expressed after the passing of my trusty journalism sidekick, Rusty I’ve been pretty distracted the past couple of weeks, so thanks for your patience. I’m back in the saddle now. PS: We raised $1,700 for [Keep reading]
“You can’t understand it, but it’ll make you money” is the oldest line in the financial industry charlatan’s handbook. That’s bad enough. But add technology mumbo jumbo to the conversation and you’ve got a recipe for obfuscation and consumer harm — you’ve got “FinTech” — well, you’ve got cryptocurrency. That [Keep reading]
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