Posted by SaferDates on April 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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By Jessica Walker
I received a LinkedIn Network Update email the other day, you know the ones that communicate new connections, account updates, new posts, etc…, and one of my contacts announced they were about to leave on a seven day business trip. I immediately said to myself, I sure hope this person trusts the 500+ [...]
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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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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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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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