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Tweet There’s nothing like the holidays to bring out the best – and the worst – in people. The holiday season is rife with potential scams, but you don’t have to fall for them. Here are the 12 Scams of Christmas according to McAfee and how to avoid them: Free or Cheap iPad Offers Sure,… [Continue Reading]
Tweet In early November, 2010, global Internet users were made aware of a massive for-profit breach of privacy involving the sale of Facebook User ID numbers, or UIDs, to data brokers. The behaviour, which was first discovered in October, meant that user identification was being transferred to advertising networks without user permission in order to… [Continue Reading]
419 Scams are known by many names: Nigerian letter scams, the Spanish Prisoner scam, or the Russian confidence game. This episode we look at the 419 scam and give you tips to protect yourself from becoming another victim.
Email is the most prevalent form of communication on the planet; over 250 billion emails are sent every day, averaging over 3 million emails every second. Eighty percent of these emails are malicious, unwanted messages that can waste your time and cause real harm to your computer or smartphone. Here’s a guide to identifying them and what to do about them.
For the first time in human history it has become nearly impossible to outrun or outlive poor decisions and social faux pas.
Your reputation is crucially important to many things: your employability, your social standing, and even relationships with friends and family. In this weeks episode we examine the three major elements to protecting your reputation online
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