The case involving Julie Amero was decided the day after Thanksgiving. For those that are not familiar, Amero is the substitute teacher in Connecticut that was convicted last year of 4 felony counts of “Risk of Injury to a Child” stemming from a 2004 incident involving porn popups displaying on a classroom computer while students [...]

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Most of my Twitter conversation yesterday focused around data loss, identity theft and credit cards. The point of the discussion was that while consumers must be vigilant to protect their personal and financial data, most of it is out of their hands. The bigger problem is protecting the organizations that collect, transport, and store this [...]

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I think everyone should take a look at this article about a work at home scam called reshipping. The interesting thing about this scam is that it also incorporates two other scams (overpayment refund and identity theft). In addition here’s an article on a loan scam that might interest some as well: These scams take [...]

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