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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.
Twitter is a whole other beast. I really can’t quite get over the fact Twitter doesn’t have an edit button. Still, it’s my favorite chosen place to follow the musings of some of the brightest people in the world and…
Read moreYou’ve heard a lot about Facebook’s privacy woes in the past couple of weeks — and I’ve done my best to keep you up to speed on what you need to do to keep your data safe from prying eyes…
Read moreMozilla released a Firefox tool called Facebook Container to stop the social network from seeing what you do online beyond Facebook’s own site. I was just asking a colleague if this sort of app or extension existed earlier today and…
Read moreI’ve spent much of this week getting you caught up on the privacy scandal Facebook is currently neck-deep in. It’s big news, so make sure you’re caught up. Today, let’s take a deep dive into the heart of the problem:…
Read moreFacebook has been making lots of headlines this week, and for all the wrong reasons. The company is in hot water for the unauthorized use of user information on its advertising platform, and everyone seems to be asking “Does Facebook…
Read moreIn case you missed it, Facebook’s in serious hot water. The social network is embroiled in a privacy scandal dating back months, and information on up to 50 million user accounts was shared with people who never should have seen…
Read moreA host of new micro-investing apps including Robinhood, Acorns, and Stash, make it easier than ever to invest on the go — with zero experience and little more than pocket-change to pony-up. Is that a good thing in a fluctuating…
Read moreIf 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…
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