Two-thirds of all jobs in the country are low-paying at less than $20 an hour or $40,000 a year About 43% of households, or about 51 million, don’t earn enough to cover the basics. Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, or ALICE, is a worrisome group for America What’s the minimum amount of money you [Keep reading]
You’re going to get a lot of advice, graduates, as you embark on whatever journey you are about to take. You probably won’t hear the advice I’m about to give you, however. Don’t worry about $5 lattes and $9 avocado toast. Folks who pick on you for that are living [Keep reading]
By now you’ve heard that Twitter has suggested to all users that they change their passwords. I’m here to tell you you can do more to make yourself much safer with very little effort. Now is a good time to turn on two-factor authentication at Twitter — and at Facebook, [Keep reading]
I’ve been raging about Facebook-style privacy invasions for a long time, so I’m glad that folks *seem* to be listening now –though the distance between noise and action is quite far. I’m not a Luddite, however. My complaints are a lot more practical. I’ll often make this point: On one [Keep reading]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Zelle fraud problem that I’ve reported is now in the spotlight If you’re a victim, try again to get a refund now that the NY Times is on it Below, I fix Zelle’s bad rap with my own suggestions “You can send money safely cause that’s what it’s [Keep reading]
iPhone users get more robocalls than Android users. AT&T users get more robocalls than Verizon users. And by vowing to never answer my phone again, I might be a terrible journalist, but I’m at least doing my part as a member of the robocall resistance. That’s what I learned today [Keep reading]
In this final episode of Breach (for now), we learn the fate of the Russian hackers allegedly behind the biggest hack in history. This episode takes you from the infamous Lefortovo prison in Moscow to a kindergarten classroom. And hopefully, lays the groundwork for a sensible discussion about how consumers [Keep reading]
Is Facebook sorry? That was the question posed to me on Saturday night by CBC anchor Aarti Pole, when I was a guest on Canada’s national news network with Huda Idress. Click play below to see my answer. We had a thoughtful 10-minute discussion about Mark Zuckerberg’s 10 hours of [Keep reading]
Of all the things Mark Zuckerberg said this week before Congress, I found this the most incredulous: “I would hope that what we do with data is not surprising to people.” Everyone is surprised when they find out what Facebook does with data. I’ve been writing about data hacks and [Keep reading]
Starbucks change in Wi-Fi policy — forcing users to hand over their email address — gave me an excuse to look closer at the firm’s privacy policy, and I found something strange there. If consumers get cold feet and want to remove the personal information they’ve shared with Starbucks at [Keep reading]
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