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    • damn, t-mobile

      Yesterday's T-Mobile Outage Affected 2 Million Users

      Boy, T-Mo is on a roll lately. First they gave Perez Hilton fits by losing his Sidekick info, then, presumably in a misguided attempt to make up for it, they began showing boobs to one of our readers (they are still investigating), and now as an encore — a massive outage. More »

      10:46 AM on Wed Nov 4 2009
      By Meg Marco
      6,026 views, 66 comments

      Most discussed jokono: I've been with Tmo since they were VoiceStream, and I've been a happy customer the whole time. Their coverage more »

    • fail

      State Job Website Has Great Opportunities For Self-Starting Identity Thieves

      CBS 5 exposed a "gaping hole" in the code of California's state-run employment website that allows anyone who views the site to access and modify other users' resumes and personal info simply by changing some numbers in the URL. More »

      5:26 PM on Mon Oct 26 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      5,055 views, 32 comments

    • good news

      T-Mobile Posts Instructions On How To Restore Sidekick Data

      If you've been waiting impatiently to get your data back on your Sidekick, here's your opportunity. IntoMobile reports that T-Mobile has posted data retrieval instructions on its website. They note that most but not necessarily all contacts should be there, but if you're one of the unlucky few who lost all of your data, T-Mobile has a shiny $100 gift card for you.

      "T-Mobile posts Sidekick contacts recovery instructions!" [IntoMobile]
      (Photo: bovinity)

      4:21 PM on Tue Oct 20 2009
      By Chris Walters
      2,396 views, 10 comments

      Most discussed theSuperman: So it went from "absolutely no way to restore the data" to "oh look, here's how to restore your data." I more »

    • t-mobile

      First Sidekick Data Outage Lawsuits Filed

      After T-Mobile Sidekick users lost data access for the better part of a week, then lost the information stored on their phones, it should surprise no one that the lawsuits are already flying. Though it is surprising that none of them were filed by Perez Hilton. More »

      9:59 AM on Thu Oct 15 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      3,252 views, 30 comments

      Most discussed Nighthawke: Here is the gist of what most folks believe has happened to T-Mobile: It is believed that this event was the more »

    • compensation

      Maine's Supreme Court To Decide If Consumers Should Be Compensated For Hannaford Security Breach

      If a retailer doesn't protect your credit card data and it gets stolen, should you be compensated? Not for any unauthorized charges, which are already covered under banks' zero-liability protection, but for the time lost dealing with the problem, for the anxiety it causes, and for any future credit history/score issues it might cause? More »

      12:09 PM on Mon Oct 12 2009
      By Chris Walters
      4,773 views, 47 comments

      Most discussed dragonfire81: If this leads to retailers taking stronger measures to secure their customer data, I'm all for it. If this means higher more »

    • t-mobile

      T-Mobile Sidekick Data Outage: Day Three

      We've been receiving mail from outraged T-Mobile Sidekick users all weekend, reporting nationwide data outages since Friday. For many users, this includes lack of access to not just e-mail and IM, but also address books unless saved to the SIM. More »

      3:05 PM on Sun Oct 4 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      7,767 views, 29 comments

    • lax security

      Doctors Across Tennessee Keep Faxing Patient Records To A Solar Panel Company

      For three years now, reports The Tennessean, the owner of a solar panel company in Indiana says "confidential medical faxes" have been sent to him by doctors throughout Tennessee. His fax number is apparently very similar to the one for the Tennessee Department of Human Services, but although he's contacted the errant doctors' offices, as well as reported it to the DHS and to the state's governor's office, they keep coming. More »

      5:18 PM on Mon Sep 28 2009
      By Chris Walters
      5,045 views, 64 comments

      Most discussed Smashville_now with...: Considering I deal with Tennessee doctors offices everyday, this doesn't surprise me. Me: That person doesn't work here.Them: I need to more »

    • how to

      Get Your Data Out Of Google

      If you're like the average Google user, you've now got a lot of personal data—emails, addresses, calendars, documents, photos and videos, maybe even health records—in their system. This is fine with them, because the Google Hive Mind needs all of this data to eventually become self aware and enslave us. However, if you ever want to get that information out of Google, the company has created something they call the Data Liberation Front to make it easier for you. More »

      2:36 PM on Thu Sep 24 2009
      By Chris Walters
      8,735 views, 38 comments

      Most discussed Scrutinizer: People's Front for the Liberation of Data, DLF, splitters. /sorry couldn't resist more »

    • identity theft

      Grab Your Old Statements, We're Going To The Shred-A-Thon!

      Tucson, Arizona is hosting a community shred-a-thon in October, where private citizens can show up with boxes of sensitive data and have it shredded for free. Back in July, the Wall Street Journal looked at the growing trend of community shredding events as an example of how regular people are taking action to prevent identity theft. More »

      10:05 AM on Wed Sep 16 2009
      By Chris Walters
      2,277 views, 51 comments

      Most discussed db4dbms: Am I the only one who could see a problem with this? I mean, let's put not only 1 more »

    • graphs

      What Bills Are In Circulation The Most?

      Visual Economics has a fun chart that shows how many of each denomination of U.S. currency is in circulation, as well as their average lifespans. For some reason, the $5 bill has the shortest lifespan. Also, seriously, we need to stop producing pennies NOW.

      "The Value of United States Currency in Circulation" [Visual Economics]

      7:24 PM on Fri Sep 4 2009
      By Chris Walters
      17,375 views, 104 comments

      Most discussed sn1per: What's with the lack of love for the $2 bill? I hereby petition the internet masses to bring back the more »

    • refunds

      Is Verizon Randomly Charging You $1.99 Per Line For "Data Usage"?

      On August 14, the Cleveland Plain Dealer printed a column by a business writer who described her 6-month-long ordeal with Verizon concerning a mysterious $1.99 charge for "data usage." The paper says that over 400 Plain Dealer readers responded with complaints similar to the one in the column. Now the paper says they have a promise from Verizon to refund these mysterious and erroneous charges. More »

      8:25 PM on Wed Aug 26 2009
      By Meg Marco
      11,206 views, 40 comments

      Most discussed globalman: Happened to me when I redid my contract back in January and got a new phone. Customer Service didn't have more »

    • negligence

      Ameriprise Website Riddled With Security Vulnerabilities For At Least Five Months

      [Note: The original headline for this post mistakenly identified Ameritrade as the subject of the post. It is actually Ameriprise Financial. I deeply regret the error.] Since March of this year, security expert Russ McRee of HolisticInfoSec.org has sent 6 messages to Ameriprise Financial warning them of easily exploitable security holes on their website. They ignored every request, while at the same time reassuring customers that "No one without the proper web browser configuration can view or modify information contained on our systems." More »

      11:08 PM on Thu Aug 20 2009
      By Chris Walters
      8,603 views, 33 comments

      Most discussed 310Drew: so if the problem is with ameriprise, why does the title say ameritrade? more »

    • satire

      Google Invites Privacy-Concerned Users To Move To Remote Village

      The Onion reports that Google's new privacy policy requires users who wish to opt out to relocate to a remote ghetto and abandon all contact with the outside world. (Photo: kalle svensson)

      2:35 PM on Wed Aug 12 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      6,030 views, 28 comments

    • tiny fiddles

      Hacked Company: Notifying Customers Of Breach Is A "Burden"

      Network Solutions, an e-commerce company, just experienced a data breach that resulted in them compromising 573,000 credit and debit card accounts. The company has begun to notify merchants of the breach so they can tell their customers, but gosh, it's just so hard. More »

      7:03 PM on Mon Jul 27 2009
      By Alex Chasick
      8,047 views, 27 comments

      Most discussed Crim Law Geek: With regards to advising merchants which law to follow, you can't simply tell the to follow the "strongest". First off, it more »

    • privacy

      Marketers Announce They Will Bring More Transparency To Personal Data Collection By 2010

      Several major advertising trade groups announced yesterday that starting in 2010, they will implement a new set of self-imposed guidelines on how they collect and use your personal info, in an attempt to prevent the government from handing down federal regulations. More »

      2:32 PM on Fri Jul 3 2009
      By Chris Walters
      1,593 views, 11 comments

    • security gaps

      American Express Keeps Emailing Sensitive Customer Info To A Random Stranger

      We're starting to think Amex doesn't take this whole "data security" thing very seriously. First they confused a customer, and us, a few months ago with their random confirmation phone call, where they demanded a customer turn over bank account information over the phone without giving him a way to verify they were really Amex. Now a reader says the company has "for years" been sending him someone else's account info via email, including the customer's name and the last 5 digits of his account number. J.R. writes, "Seriously, I've seen better security on a video game forum." More »

      12:35 PM on Mon Jun 8 2009
      By Chris Walters
      5,918 views, 37 comments

      Most discussed sanjsrik: Amex put that little chip in my blue card, which is insecure, so I called up customer service, who literally more »

    • spyware

      Sears Settles With FTC Over Spyware Charge

      In 2007 and 2008, Sears invited select customers to join the exclusive "My SHC Community," which involved installing an app that would monitor online browsing in exchange for $10. The app was called spyware by researchers and the FTC, because the data it collected on customers included "details from their online shopping, bank statements, drug-prescription records, video rentals, library-borrowing histories, even the names and addresses of their e-mail correspondents," as well as "data about the users' computers, printers, and other devices." More »

      8:35 AM on Fri Jun 5 2009
      By Chris Walters
      4,492 views, 35 comments

      Most discussed IT-Chick: And this is why you shouldn't install crap from stores. What sounded so great about this istallation that would make more »

    • public records

      Erroneous Public Records Data, Or: Who The Heck Is This Hipolito Guy?

      Kathy has an unusual problem. She thinks that there might be a problem with some of her public records and/or her credit report, but she isn't sure how to find out how it got there, let alone remove it. See, there's a man named Hipolito, with the same relatively common last name as Kathy, who keeps popping up in public records questions used to verify her identity. She has no idea who this man is, and neither does anyone in her family. More »

      7:49 AM on Fri May 29 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      8,665 views, 70 comments

      Most discussed hunter3742: I've got this issue with getting my credit report - the mortgage I never took out problem. I have more »

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