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Protecting Your Privacy

Protecting your privacy today can be a full-time job. I'll give you tips on keeping your information private, including how to to remove yourself from the Google database. Helpful Guides and Links:
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Are you leaving ammunition for divorce lawyers?

Are you leaving ammunition for divorce lawyers?

Facing a divorce? The #1 tool divorce lawyers will use against you is something you probably do every day.

Smartphone theft is a crime that pays

The #1 target of thieves has become your cell phone. Today's phones are hot because of both their intrinsic value and the sensitive financial info on them. We're at a point today where 50% of all face-to-face crime around the nation involves stealing your cell phone. In New York City,  ...

The Formula 1 United States Grand Prix is under way at the newly built racetrack in Elroy. Track preparations are rounding into shape as all that awaits now are the people. Sodexo is handling on-site food preparations for thousands with a warehouse for food storage and mobile kitchens throughout the racetrack.

Workers on an "electronic leash"

Businesses are using computer technology to spy on you like Big Brother and put you on electronic leash. In Amazon's warehouses, a lot of employees are being tracked every second they move. You are judged and maybe dismissed, promoted, demoted, or whatever because of the electronic leash. It's the same ...

Two inventors develop ways to stop robocalls

Serdar Danis and Aaron Foss have won a competition hosted by the Federal Trade Commission that offered a large bounty for solving the robocall problem. Federal agencies get 200,000 complaints a month about robocalls. That’s gigantic. And they haven’t been able to come up with any way to stop the ...

Study: Facebook likes predict intelligence, sexual orientation

Can what you like on Facebook predict your level of intelligence, your political persuasion, even your sexual orientation? That's what British researchers are saying. Researchers at the University of Cambridge looked at Facebook pages of 58,000 people over the course of 5 years. Subject gave the researchers full rein of ...

Credit card malware scam at retail, restaurants

Credit card malware scam at retail, restaurants

The next time you swipe your plastic at a merchant, remotely installed criminal malware could be stealing your credit or debit card number. These two tips will protect you.

Safeguard your personal info when using social media

Following a recent Twitter hack, much light has been cast on Internet security in the social media realm. The hackers got people's email addresses and encrypted passwords, and the attack appeared to impact several other major media sites. "This attack was not the work of amateurs, and we do not ...

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Free app secures email, media with military-grade encryption

Are you concerned about online privacy for yourself or your small business? There's a new free app that you need to know about. Wickr is an iPhone app that offers military-level encryption for your emails and media. It lets you control who can see them and for how long. And ...

Corporations data-mining your children

Corporations data-mining your children

Think your kids are safe with apps and games from benign, mainstream companies? Think again. You won't believe which company has been alleged for illegal data collection on young kids.

Easy new way to protect your privacy online

Not all websites are created equal. Some are really nosy with their spying on you, while others respect your privacy. If you want to know if a popular site you visit regularly should be giving you the full creep-out factor, you can go to PrivacyScore.com. The site estimates the privacy ...

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