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It’s no secret that there are no secrets. Fake news, email hacks, spying gadgets, Facebook fakes… being street smart in today’s wired world is trickier than ever. We help you stay safe, prepared, and aware.
If you’re like more than half of American these days, you’re likely using a peer-to-peer payment platform like Venmo, Zelle, Cash App, to name a few, to send someone cash with the tap of an app. I’ve used them to…
Read moreI’ve seen so much truly fake news (as opposed to actual, journalism-based news that certain people like now point to and call “fake news”) on lately. Even though we think we’re doing a better job getting the word out about…
Read moreA new service makes it easier to know if old passwords you’ve used have been made public in a data breach. Just click on the Pwned Passwords tool, type in one of your passwords and it tells you whether hackers have…
Read moreHave you gotten an email like the one below? It comes straight to your inbox with the subject line: “Your suspension notification.” It looks official-ish, and warns that your account is about to be canceled because the steaming service is “unable…
Read moreHave you noticed that overtime you try to text an “I” it’s replaced by a question mark, or an “A?” It hasn’t happened to me, but I sure saw it a lot this past weekend on people’s posts to Instagram…
Read moreThe Holidays are coming at you fast. Did you save? Make a list? Check it twice? Of course not. We live on the eve of Amazon drone delivery. Everyone is expected to take care of life in time we once…
Read moreIn the “Seriously?! How could you screw up AGAIN,” news of the day, Equifax apparently sent people worried that their personal data had been hacked, to a fake website. Find the full story here courtesy of USA Today’s Brett Molina….
Read moretbh: (Free, iOS/Android) – the latest anonymous app popular among teens Tbh is the latest, hottest app among teens. It lets them take a series of polls about their friends in their contact lists anonymously. All questions are supposed to be positive…
Read moreYou’ve already heard about the big Equifax data breach that exposed the personal information — names, social security numbers, birthdays, and a whole bunch of other stuff — of over 143 million people, right? If not, check this out and…
Read moreAre you among the 143 million Americans’ whose contact info, birthdates, and Social Security numbers were stolen in the Equifax hack? Since it now impacts about half the population of the United States, there’s a good chance you are. Here’s…
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