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Wise Up Your Smartphone

Not so long ago, losing your mobile phone meant the additional expense of replacing it and possibly, someone charging up additional minutes on your bill.  Today the stakes are higher.  With the ownership of smartphones on the rise, the ability to store more information on your phone can now lead to identity theft opportunities if [...]

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Be Smart When Using Your Smartphone

October 27, 2011

Beware!  Cyber criminals have a new target – smartphones. As more and more people switch to smartphones for everything from surfing the internet, paying bills to downloading apps – they also take on the same kind of security threats faced when using a computer.  The personal information that is stored in these devices is subject [...]

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Guide to Privacy with Facebook Video Calling

July 11, 2011

A recent partnership between Facebook and Skype enables anyone on Facebook to call their friends through Facebook using Facebook video calling, also referred to as ‘video chat’. Video chat, like Facebook chat, can only be used between confirmed Facebook friends.  For individuals concerned about their privacy, or those with far too many Facebook acquaintances, these [...]

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How to Disable Facebook Facial Recognition

June 9, 2011

Facebook’s tagging feature, which allows your friends to tag pictures that you appear in, now includes a facial recognition algorithm which identifies you automatically and suggests to friends that you may be in the picture. I don’t know about you, but I would feel more comfortable if Facebook did not automatically tell everyone to tag [...]

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