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The Snitch: Airline Boarding Passes

October 8, 2015 | 0 Comments

The holiday season is fast approaching. Soon you maybe buying a plane ticket to see far flung relatives. That airline boarding pass is the ticket to get where you are going. And that boarding pass...

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September 10, 2015 Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield Excellus BlueCross BlueShield reported a long running cyber-attack that began in December 2013 but wasn’t discovered until Aug. 5, 2015. The breach may have exposed information on as...

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Social Media Never Forgets

September 1, 2015 | 0 Comments

Let’s talk about AACR Rule #6; Nothing is ever completely deleted. Nothing! So black people be warned! Social media never forgets and it never throws anything away. Nothing! Whatever you posted online, comments, pictures whatever, years ago or yesterday is still out there....

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Scams Target Black Senior Citizens

June 15, 2015 | 0 Comments

One on the biggest problems of the digital age is protecting information. The task becomes even greater when you have to protect your information and the information of a parent or grandparent. Today’s world is digital...

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Target Stores May Write You A Check

May 11, 2015 | 0 Comments

African-American target customers could have some money coming as a result of last years data breach. Target has reached a $10 million settlement with a federal judge on Thursday. The judge gave preliminary approval to...

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RadioShack is Selling Your Information

March 30, 2015 | 0 Comments

Remember RadioShack? At one time there was no better place to buy your electronics or electronic equipment. They had it all, from amplifiers to circuit boards. Ahh, those were the good old days. Now the...

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Online Tracking of Children Legislation

July 30, 2014 | 0 Comments

Senate bill s1700-113, “Safeguards Against Tracking Children Online” is currently being considered in the U.S. Senate. The bill is intended to ban online tracking of children. In the bill the definition of a child is...

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