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Smart holiday shopping—How to safely secure deals and discounts for the hottest gifts

Oh, the holidays! A time for cheer, a time for joy, a time for … a whole lot of shopping. As gift lists grow, shoppers are hitting the internet in search of the most popular items, hoping to score the perfect deal along the way. 

A new wave of personalized sextortion scams—Using Google Street View images to startle targets

Many have received that email before—the one were the scammer claims to have footage of you in “compromising situations” and you need to pay up to avoid being exposed. However, not everyone has received such an email with images of their actua…