Nov 10, 2018 | Business, Radio Show, Security
All the Fun Things You Can Do If You Steal Someone’s Identity Evil Week is winding down, but that doesn’t mean your evil deeds need come to an end. To paraphrase Tracy Jordan, you can live every week like it’s Evil Week. That could mean continuing to lie to your...
Oct 20, 2018 | Business, Radio Show, Security, Technology
Is Your DNA In A Database? Doesn’t Matter. New Study Finds That DNA Databases Can Send The Police Or Hackers To Your Door – Even If You Didn’t Submit Your DNA More than 60 percent of Americans who have some European ancestry can be identified using DNA databases —...
Jul 28, 2018 | Internet, Radio Show, Security
‘Data is a fingerprint’: why you aren’t as anonymous as you think online In August 2016, the Australian government released an “anonymised” data set comprising the medical billing records, including every prescription and surgery, of 2.9 million...
Jan 14, 2017 | News, Online, Privacy, Social Networking, Technology
How flashing a peace sign can set you up for identity theft Flashing the peace sign in a selfie could be setting you up for disaster. The “zoom-and-enhance” technique that earned derision in the TV crime procedurals of recent years might not seem so ridiculous when...
Jul 30, 2016 | Radio Show
As Biometric Scanning Use Grows, So Does Security Risk Without you necessarily realizing it, your unique attributes — or “biometrics” — are being used to verify your identity. Every time you unlock your smartphone, use a fingerprint scanner at the airport, or upload a...