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Auction Audacities: Ways People Scam Online Auction Users
You can find just about anything on eBay these day’s a random browse brings CDs, clothing, cars, and skin to your computer screen. That’s right, I said skin. One man recently auctioned patches of his body to advertising companies, who tattooed their logos on to him. EBay isn’t the only site for surfers bit by […]
RFID Tags - Smart Idea or Invasion of Privacy?
Imagine living in a world where you could be track by the pair of shoes that you just purchased at Wal-Mart or by a sweater that you just purchased at the Gap. Without your knowledge, the product you purchased just might be carrying a chip the size of a flake of pepper. These chips are […]
Conveniently Safe: How to Securely Use The Internet to Make Life Easy
The Internet has become the most valuable tool in everyones life since the telephone, but I’ll admit, it was a little scary at first. If you’ve never had contact with the World Wide Web, it’s hard to not be turned off by the countless stories of identity theft, fraud, and predators on the net.
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MySpace: How to Create a Safe Online Profile
Recent headlines are shocking and horrifying parent’s young adults are getting sucked into the mySpace trend and forgetting the “Don’t take Candy from Strangers” rule that has been instilled in their minds since kindergarten. Teens are disappearing because they are careless, and there’s not much adults can do about it. At a time when every […]
