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Don't Be Attacked By Criminals Posing As Comcast Techs
By Chris Morran on May 24, 2012 12:15 PM
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What's worse than having a bad cable company tech wrecking your house? How about three men posing as cable techs who want to break into your house to rob and assault you? More »
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Man Tells TSA He Has No Idea How Gun Parts Got In His Son's Stuffed Animals
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 9, 2012 12:00 PM
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It's unfortunate when gun parts show up when you least expect them. Say, in your son's stuffed toy while going through security at an airport. A man traveling with his four-year-old told officials at T.F. Green International Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island that he didn't know how handgun parts ended up in his kid's three stuffed animals. More »
Study: 13 Million People Haven't Touched Facebook Privacy Settings
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 3, 2012 2:00 PM
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There are more than 150 million Americans using Facebook at this point, and that number is growing. But do you know everything you need to about your privacy when it comes to social networking? Maybe not, as a new exhaustive study from Consumer Reports on social networking privacy found that 13 million American Facebook users have never touched their privacy settings. More »
Wells Fargo Won't Let Man Access His Safe Deposit Box, He Misses His Mother's Funeral
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 30, 2012 12:00 PM
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Keeping your belongings safely tucked away in a safe deposit box is a great idea. But when your only photo identification is a passport that happens to be inside that box, it might prove troublesome. A man trying to fly to India to visit his ailing mother was prevented from going anywhere when Wells Fargo put up a fight over his safe deposit box. More »
NJ Couple Sues Landlord Because "Poltergeist" Was Not On List Of Included Amenities
By Chris Morran on April 16, 2012 8:00 AM
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There are a number of things that new tenants usually discover soon after signing a lease — pipes that leak, mice in the walls, noisy neighbors, angry ghosts that haunt the premises. A family in New Jersey is suing their landlord over one of these reasons... take a guess which one it is. More »
This Cosi Restaurant Is The Best Stalker Ever
By Laura Northrup on March 29, 2012 11:30 AM
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Nick orders the same lunch every Wednesday from the Cosi nearest his office: turkey and corn chili. That sounds really tasty, but Nick was unhappy because he wasn't getting all of the soup he paid for. When his soup cup wasn't full a few weeks in a row, he sent a complaint through the chain's website. The area manager sent a nice letter back offering a free meal at any location. Then things got weird. And awesome. The manager tracked him down using LinkedIn and had more soup delivered to his office. More »
Landlord Tries To Use Leap Day To Screw Tenants Out Of Deposit
By Chris Morran on February 29, 2012 2:30 PM
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While most of us are sporting yellow and blue and leaving tributes to Leap Day William, one Milwaukee landlord is trying to spoil everyone's fun by not only using the calendar blip to push a tenant out early, but to screw him out of his damage deposit. More »
Before You Send Off Your Tax Return, Run It Through This Checklist
By Phil Villarreal on February 15, 2012 12:15 PM
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If you've got a tax refund coming and are eager to file your return to get the money flowing, your haste may end up causing errors that could hold things up. You should give your tax return a once-over before you send it off to make sure you haven't screwed up some key areas. More »
7-Year-Old Walmart Shopper Fights Off Attempted Kidnapping In Toy Aisle
By Chris Morran on February 9, 2012 3:00 PM
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I can't be the only one whose mother used tales of in-store child abductions in an attempt to keep me from wandering off during trips to Sears and Bradlees. She also instructed me to scream like something that screams really, really loud if anyone ever tried to do anything sketchy. A 7-year-old girl in Georgia seems to have learned that same lesson. More »
Mozilla Blacks Out Against SOPA & PIPA Without Leaving Firefox Users In The Lurch
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 18, 2012 11:30 AM
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Mozilla is making its stance against SOPA and PIPA clear today, by joining the list of sites featuring a blackout page and a call to action to protest the anti-piracy acts. But while they take a stand, users seeking technical support for Mozilla products like Firefox will still be able to access that site and get security updates. More »
SOPA and PIPA Far From Dead, Despite Concerns Of White House And Changes To Bills
By Marc Perton on January 17, 2012 7:00 PM
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Although the White House this weekend expressed "serious reservations" about elements of the pending anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA, and House leaders have said they will not conduct hearings on their bill any time soon, the legislation is far from dead. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said this weekend that he hopes to open debate on the Senate's version later this month. And House sponsor Lamar Smith said he will continue work on that chamber's version. Internet protests planned for tomorrow, in which some of the web's largest sites will go offline for 24 hours, are expected to go ahead as scheduled. More »
Here's A Credit Card That Looks To Trap ID Thieves By Making Them Think They're Clever
By Chris Morran on January 11, 2012 3:04 PM
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We've already seen credit cards that generate unique, random security codes every time a card user makes a purchase, so that it would require the buyer to have the physical card on them in order to buy something. But here's a card that wants the ID thief to think he's more clever than he is. More »
Malware Worm Has Reportedly Stolen 45,000 Facebook Logins & Passwords
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 6, 2012 4:30 PM
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A nasty bit of malware making the rounds on Facebook has reportedly made off with the usernames and passwords of more than 45,000 users. The worm, dubbed Ramnit, has the ability to infect Windows, Microsoft Office and HTML files, say the experts at McAfee. More »
Researcher Claims Software On Many Smartphones Is Tracking Your Every Keystroke
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 1, 2011 10:00 AM
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There was that late-night text you shouldn't have sent, or maybe the embarrassing amount of times you searched for Hall & Oates lyrics before calling your ex-boyfriend to cry. What if software on your Android phone was logging all of that info and keeping it elsewhere? One security researcher claims that is exactly what's going on. More »
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Researchers: Some Printers Vulnerable To Hack Attack That Could Lead To Fire
By Chris Morran on November 29, 2011 2:30 PM
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It's like something out of a movie starring Matthew Broderick. Researchers at Columbia University claim they've discovered a vulnerability that could let hackers remotely access your printer for nefarious hijinks, like making said printer go up in flames. More »
16 Tips On How To Be A Better Hotel Guest
November 29, 2011 12:30 PM
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While most of the travel horror stories we cover on Consumerist involve airlines, the hotels, bed and breakfasts, inns and flophouses of the world are no stranger to regular readers. But one reader writes in to explain that the best way to get good service from hotel staff is to just be a decent human being. More »
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Google Steps Up Browser Security To Keep Data Safe From Hackers
By Phil Villarreal on November 25, 2011 9:45 AM
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Internet common sense tells you to look for an "https" prefix on site URLs before offering up private information such as credit card numbers. Thanks to efforts from Google, sites with that security designation should be even more secure. More »
Detect Hardware Trojans With "Singing Rings"
By Ben Popken on November 10, 2011 1:00 PM
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Researchers have proposed a new method for detecting trojan viruses embedded into hardware chips by using voltage detectors that "sing out" in a different frequency when they're used on a tampered circuit. More »
Homeland Security Teams Up With Major Hotel Chains To Fight Terrorism One Room At A Time
By Chris Morran on November 2, 2011 12:30 PM
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Just like last year's program that once again made Walmart safe from terrorism, the Dept. of Homeland Security has announced a partnership that will remind us all to fight terrorism while stealing towels and toiletries from the hotel bathroom. More »
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Facebook Invites You To Name A Few "Trusted Friends"
By Phil Villarreal on October 31, 2011 8:00 AM
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If you are hyper-paranoid about getting cut off from Facebook and want to allow members of your trusted inner circle to swoop in and help you out when you're in need, you're now covered. Facebook is testing a feature called "Trusted Friends" that lets contacts you choose retrieve access codes to pass along to you if you find yourself unable to log on. More »
