Reputation.com got hacked. Cue all of the bad jokes about how they really could use a service like Reputation.com right now. At 5PM yesterday, Reputation.com sent an email to its customers revealing that their names, addresses, dates of birth, contact information, and passwords had been stolen by hackers. When your…
Guest Post by Shauna Geraghty Working in the mental health care industry, I feel that it is important that I strike a balance between providing enough information to connect with friends, family and colleagues and still maintain a professional image on social media. I don’t consider myself a private person,…
A couple of big things have happened in the privacy world over the past couple of weeks. Mozilla announced that the newest version of its Firefox browser will automatically block third party cookies, and Senators Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have reintroduced a bill, the Do Not Track bill (DNT),…
Chances are you’ve heard of cookies–and no, not the kind coveted by a certain monster who lives on Sesame Street. Cookies save information about what you’re up to on the internet so that, for instance, you don’t have to log in to Amazon or Facebook every single time you visit…
Signing in to Gmail does far more than just grant you access to email. The internet giant lets you enjoy all sorts of great features with a Gmail account. Some features might be more desirable than others however. Let’s take a look at what all happens after you sign in….
Schools are meant to be safe places of learning. For the most part they are. In order to keep schools safe, every school has policies about what can be brought on campus, what types of electronic communication can be used at school and sometimes even what types of communication can…
Freshman year is always pretty exciting. In high school you’re that much closer to driving and moving out of your parent’s house. In college you’re that much closer to going to a bar (legally) and eating pizza as many times a week as you want. Enjoy it! Just be sure…
As soon as the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 (PDF) failed in the Senate, speculation started that the President will use an Executive Order to put the legislation to use anyway. Putting aside the massive issues raised by using an Executive Order to override the will of the Senate, it’s not…
Download the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey to your e-reader and most people on your morning commute will never know. There’s no visible cover and no tale-tale size and shape to announce what you’re reading. On an e-reader you can be reading Moby Dick or Moby’s Dick or anything…
At Safe Shepherd a large part of my role as community manager is helping our users remove their private information from the people search and databroker websites that sell it. I don’t own the tights or cape, but on my good days I feel like Batman, saving innocent people from the villainous companies…