April 23, 2019 Top Dem says Zuckerberg should be held 'individually liable' for Facebook privacy breaches A top Democrat on Tuesday called for the Federal Trade Commission to hold Facebook chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg “individually liable for the company’s repeated violations of Americans’ privacy,” and charged that Zuckerberg's status as majority shareholder improperly “insulates him from accountability to Facebook’s board and shareholders."
April 21, 2019 Hidden AirBnB cameras, viruses attack Apple and more: Tech Q&A I keep hearing about hidden cameras in AirBnb rentals. Is there a trick to spotting hidden spy cameras?
April 20, 2019 Millennials and men are more often fooled by scams and robocalls, report says Phone scammers are making make more money than ever and their easiest targets are millennials and men, a new report says.
April 13, 2019 Cheap background checks, heart-rate monitoring and more: Tech Q&A I want to run a background check on someone. The people search sites are annoying and expensive. What’s the best way to do a background check on someone?
April 9, 2019 Hacker blackmailed almost $1M from porn website users, spent proceeds on prostitutes, $6G Rolex A hacker who extorted more than $913,000 by blackmailing users of porn websites has been jailed in the U.K.
April 7, 2019 Top iPhone, Android apps for blocking robocalls Major carriers and app developers are ramping up their tactics for tackling robocalls on the iPhone and Android devices.
March 31, 2019 Watch out for these clever tax scams In a few weeks, the dreaded tax season will be over. We loathe those oddly titled documents with the tiny print. We wonder what number – refund or remainder – those mysterious equations will spit out. As more of us sign up as part-time contractors, driving for Lyft and selling crafts on Etsy, our taxes get more complicated. We get anxious.
March 28, 2019 FTC bans four companies for making billions of robocalls I think there is a universal hatred of robocalls, which are never useful and therefore always waste your time.
March 25, 2019 Facebook Live post sparks controversy, results in student’s wiretapping guilty plea A student and political activist in Maryland has pleaded guilty to illegally wiretapping a congressional staffer and putting the conversation on Facebook Live without consent.
