We’ve previously told you about online scams targeting elders and how to protect yourself and your elder loved ones from tech support scams. How is it, then, that elders themselves feel about their relationship with the internet?
Last year, we wrote an analysis on data privacy legislation updates. Last year, Mississippi didn’t pass its privacy bill and more than a dozen states had bills that are still under consideration. Iowa, Indiana, and Oklahoma are all in the p…
NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have continued to make news headlines since we last wrote about them. However, the majority of us still don’t know much — if anything — about them. At the very least, many people continue to have plenty of ques…
In an anonymous survey conducted by Hong Kong-based Advokate Group, more than 1,200 U.S. consumers were asked questions about joining a metaverse. Over 77% admitted to being worried about Facebook owning the data. “Facebook has an impressiv…
The FBI has issued another warning about a new series of ransomware attacks known as BlackByte. This threat isn’t new — researchers discovered it last July — but nevertheless, it’s gaining traction. In fact, it hit a portion of the San…
If you’ve recently received an email recommending that you upgrade to Windows 12, you probably had enough spidey-sense to delete it. You should realize this is a fake or a come-on for some piece of malware that was about to infect your comp…
A recent study by Duke University and patient privacy group Light Collective found that several genetic-testing and digital medicine companies have shared their users’ information with Facebook to enable ad targeting. Ten patient advocates …
A recent study by Duke University and patient privacy group Light Collective found that several genetic-testing and digital medicine companies have shared their users’ information with Facebook to enable ad targeting. Ten patient advocates …
The US’ tax collection agency, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), has changed course with its short-lived identity verification system that was only recently implemented. Last November, the vendor ID.me was awarded a $86 million contract t…
Apple AirTags were introduced to the public mid-way through 2021 and, by the end of the year, there were public reports about them being used to track people without their consent. Women were finding them in their purses; in the wheel wells…