Category: Privacy Alert
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[Reader Submission] yet another way for states to track you
Something I have always wondered about: what happens when you get a speeding ticket in a state you don’t live in? Do they track you back to your state? Can you just throw the ticket away without fear of retribution from the state you got caught in? Our friends at AOL looked into the issue…
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What Happens When You Get a Speeding Ticket in a Different State?
From AOL Autos, something I’ve always wondered about: We receive this question from friends and family (and readers) all the time, so we looked into how the tangled web is organized. When it comes to how a ticket in your home state affects your driver’s license status in another state, the answer is complex…
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More tools to prevent NSA tracking…
We’ve had a ton of great feedback on our book over the last week. Thanks for all that have tuned in. You have probably already gone through the book and started taking your identity off the grid, but for those that haven’t had time, here are some more tips. These will help prevent the…
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How to order goods on the internet anonymously
A recent JJ Luna email reminded me of something we put in the book. If you haven’t read JJ’s stuff, its really good and worth your while. He specializes in helping people becoming invisible, go check out JJluna.com. Anyway, he outlined a way for you order things online and get them delivered without ever giving…
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Delete yourself from the web?
I hope you are enjoying our updates and alerts. We are trying to prevent the type of tracking and hacking that our own government just got caught red-handed doing. Here are some more tips and tricks I have found that I think you will find handy: – We are in the process of testing this service ourselves…
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Hack into your phone through the charger?
Here are a few things I’ve been tracking this week to help protect you: Researchers hacked into a smart phone through the charger this week: http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/03/tech/mobile/hack-iphone-charger/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 The lesson: don’t charge your phone using anyone else’s charger Some nice reminders from the BBB on how to avoid identity theft during summer: http://www.bbb.org/blog/2013/06/10-tips-to-avoid-identity-theft-during-summer-travel/ Google is once again being ordered…
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[Alert] China is targeting us
Here’s a roundup of all the privacy and security issues that popped up this week: Do you live in one of the top 10 states for ID theft, the list will probably surprise you: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/top-10-states-for-identity-theft-2013-05-07 Child identity theft, as I have been telling you, is on the rise: http://www.freep.com/article/20130507/FEATURES01/305070075/Abuse-of-children-s-identities-on-the-increase (btw, you protect your kids’ identities…
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Simple little things
You know we talk a lot about disasters and being prepared. Some of them would affect people on the coastlines, others in major urban centers. But the reality is that there is just ONE disaster that would affect everyone, no matter where you live or what your income is. A food crisis. …
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[Alert] new credit card scam OPEN NOW
Verified with Snopes:http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/creditcard.asp This is a heads up for everyone regarding the latest in Visa fraud. Royal Bank received this communication about the newest scam. This is happening in the Midwest right now and moving. This one is pretty slick, since they provide YOU with all the information, except the one piece they want. Note,…
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Internet Soldier Love Scam Costs Woman $750,000
Chris Peterson here with your Patriot Privacy Alerts for the week, there are some doozies. There are so many I am going to list them here: · Hard to believe someone would exploit our soldier’s good name to perpetrate a scam, but that’s exactly what someone is doing in Oregon and it cost one woman $750,000! http://portlandtribune.com/go/42-news/136029-beware-of-internet-soldier-love-scam · …