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Cybercrime / Privacy


FAKE UNPAID TOLL TEXTS THREATEN DRIVERS AROUND U.S.; UBER DRIVER SHOT AFTER
GRANDPARENT SCAM CALL

May 10, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

Right as summer driving season starts — beware fake unpaid toll text messages. 
 The messages prey on drivers’ (realistic) fears of getting hit by an onerous
late fee after traveling through an unfamiliar toll authority’s territory.  The
fraudulent text messages look like this, according to the FBI. “We’ve noticed an
[Keep reading]

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AS JOB SCAMS SOAR, A NEW SET OF VICTIMS EMERGES — SMALL BUSINESSES

April 26, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

Imagine getting a flurry of emails and calls from angry people claiming you’ve
stolen their money — by promising them a job that doesn’t exist.  And you have
no idea who they are, or why they are calling. Work-from-home scams aren’t new,
but I’ve seen enough data points lately that [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy


SURPRISE! HERE’S ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT A FEDERAL PRIVACY LAW. DOES IT HAVE A
CHANCE?

April 12, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

Just when you think Congress isn’t going to be able to do anything constructive
for the rest of this presidential election year, out comes a bipartisan proposal
called The Americans Privacy Rights Act of 2024. Its name is delightfully
simple; it arrives after decades of failed attempts to create federal [Keep
reading]

Gotchas / Consumer


ANGRY ABOUT INFLATION? IT’S TIME YOU GOT TO KNOW ROCKETS AND FEATHERS

April 10, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

It’s rockets and feathers. All over the economy. As economists and politicians
keep wringing their hands about inflation, I sure wish they would read up on
asymmetric price adjustment — a phenomenon dubbed “rockets and feathers” in this
2009 paper. Prices rise faster than they fall. Inflation always “sticks” longer
[Keep reading]

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SCAM VICTIM PUT GOLD BARS INTO STRANGER’S CAR; 1 IN 10 A VICTIM IN THE PAST YEAR

April 3, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

Maybe you heard recently about a personal finance reporter,  Charlotte Cowles,
who was the victim of a scam and wrote about it for her employer, The Cut. The
headline for the story was dramatic: “The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and
Handed It to a Stranger.” In [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy


NOT AN APRIL FOOL’S JOKE: MONTANA MIGHT AS WELL BE MANHATTAN AT THIS POINT

April 1, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

Housing costs are rising fastest in — Montana, Utah, and South Carolina? That
must be some kind of joke, right?  Sorry, there is no punchline. Only American
families, getting punched in the gut. The economy is doing so well, why are
Americans so pessimistic? I keep reading variations of this [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy


ILL-CONCEIVED TIKTOK BAN IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY; A REAL PRIVACY LAW WOULD BE
FAR SUPERIOR

March 13, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

In the age where the U.S. House of Representatives can’t really do anything, it
has voted to ban TikTok in its current ownership structure. Color me
unimpressed, and more than a bit concerned. I’d say the fact that Congress’
lower house was able to pass the legislation should give everyone [Keep reading]

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VETERANS TARGETED BY SCAMS NEED OUR HELP; BE THEIR ‘BATTLE BUDDY’

March 12, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

Imagine spending years driving a Humvee around a war zone at 5 mph, using only
your eyes in a valiant attempt to spot homemade roadside bombs…risking your life
minute by agonizing minute to save the lives of your fellow soldiers…only to
come home and find you are targeted by criminals [Keep reading]

Gotchas / Consumer


WHEN WE TREAT WORKERS LIKE SERVER SPACE, (ALMOST) EVERYONE LOSES

February 23, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

The $15 minimum wage battle cry always rang hollow to me.  I know, $15 sounds
like a lot to people who grew up in the 1970s or 80s (the minimum wage was $3.35
when I got my first job. Come to think of it, this would be a fun first [Keep
reading]

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IS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE ACTUALLY GETTING BIGGER? THIS OFFICE IS TRYING TO HELP

February 15, 2024 Bob Sullivan 0

Think about the last time you lost your smartphone … even for a few minutes, or
worse, for a whole day. You were probably cut off from your digital life…let’s
face it, cut off from much of life…unable to log in to your bank, maybe even
your work computer, you’ve [Keep reading]


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