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March 2008 - Posts

AOL to Buy Bebo – A Safer Social Networking Site

Teens and parents often ask me which social networking site I think is safer. One that I’ve recommended as being more safety conscious than most is Bebo. It’s based out of the UK and run by people who I can personally say genuinely care about the safety
Posted Sunday, March 16, 2008 2:59 AM by Linda Criddle | 1 Comments

Safe passwords don’t have to be hard to create; just hard to guess

The prospect of changing an internet password or using multiple passwords panics so many people because you believe being safer requires memorizing multiple passwords like Wts4e-_79PBa13^_qnS . Frankly, if I thought I’d have to memorize a dozen passwords
Posted Sunday, March 16, 2008 2:26 AM by Linda Criddle | 9 Comments

Identity theft: Your Identity’s Value on the Internet Underground

Several people have asked me recently about Identity theft and the Internet’s financial underside because most of what they’ve heard about is how stolen Identities are used to access bank accounts or run up credit charges. Stealing from bank accounts
Posted Sunday, March 16, 2008 1:44 AM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

What’s wrong with this e-mail?

This e-mail was sent by a friend, and it appears to make two common mistakes. My friend put the names of 41 people on the To: line This exposes everyone to spammers. When you send e-mail to people who do not know each other (I knew only five of those
Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 12:42 AM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Don't get caught by the latest e-mail scam-of-the-day

E-mail scams are typically low value, high volume crimes where the cost to a given consumer is comparatively low, but large numbers of victims mean that the money quickly adds up for the criminals behind the scam. One of the places consumers trip up relates
Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 12:29 AM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

DonorsChoose.org Earns LOOK-BOTH-WAYS’ Seal of Approval

I first wrote about the great service DonorsChoose.org provides to schools, students, and philanthropists last November . This organization has rightly earned some very high marks for innovation in an area that brings tremendous benefits to others. What
Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 12:13 AM by Linda Criddle | 1 Comments

Who are you going to trust: Your doctor or the Web?

Getting the best information about your health and the health of your family members and pets is important. So where do you ask for advice? Sixty percent of consumers now turn to the Internet for medical advice online according to research conducted by
Posted Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:01 AM by Linda Criddle | 1 Comments

Don't Fall for Forwarded Email Scams

If you are like most people, you probably get a fair number of "informative" desperate, or even cute e-mail messages forwarded to you. Many, if not most of them, are no doubt scams, efforts to get personal information from you, harvest e-mail addresses,
Posted Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:11 AM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Online Business 101

When I lecture, I always ask the question "How does MySpace, Google, or any other "free" online service make money?" The first answer I get is "By selling advertising." This is the wrong answer, folks, and it highlights a
Posted Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:04 AM by Linda Criddle | 0 Comments

Corporate Cyberbullying -- Your Blogs May Be Subpoenaed

In a disturbing new trend, two landmark cases are challenging the right to the privacy of blogs and content on social networking sites – even when personal sites are set to private. In both cases, the corporations believe that there is information on
Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:36 PM by Linda Criddle | 1 Comments
   
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