Social Networking is Creating a Better Version of the World-Please ReTweet
Posted by SaferDates on August 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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Trust is the foundation upon which all quality relationships are built and can be developed through online social networking just like it can offline. This article “It Takes a Social Network”, is interesting not only from a safety standpoint; as it discusses the need for stricter privacy controls, but because of its positive look at [...]
Holiday identity theft. Beware of social engineering
Posted by SaferDates on December 22, 2009 · 6 Comments
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By Joe Campana
Beware of identity thieves that are students of social engineering. They can exploit your holiday cheer or drear by duping you into becoming another victim of identity theft. The term, social engineering, may sound innocuous, but it actually refers to trickery and deception. Social engineers manipulate people into giving up valuable information, and [...]
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Thousands of NY Sex Offenders Booted From Facebook, MySpace
Posted by SaferDates on December 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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By Eliot Van Buskirk
Facebook and MySpace have terminated the accounts of 3,533 convicted sex offenders in the state of New York after they submitted their account information to the state under 2008’s Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (e-STOP) law, the New York Daily News reports.
The law requires the state’s 30,000 convicted sex [...]
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McAfee warns about ‘12 Scams of Christmas’
Posted by SaferDates on November 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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by Larry Magid
Retailers aren’t the only ones gearing up for the holiday season. Criminals are also out in force. To highlight the increased crime during the holidays, security company McAfee has come up with the “12 Scams of Christmas” ranging from bogus electronic greeting cards that deliver malware instead of cheer to fake charities that [...]
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What the Fraud!
Posted by SaferDates on September 1, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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By Jessica Walker
This months interview is packed full of so many helpful tips that I have decided to feed it to you in a five-part series to make it easily digestible. Each new segment will be posted every Tuesday and Thursday over the next couple weeks, so be sure to subscribe to the blog to [...]
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