Bank Fraud Court Rules: You Are Your Profile
In social media’s infancy, an online profile was just a way of staking out a little piece of cyberspace in order to connect with other people – an address in cyberspace. But as social networking...
View ArticleCan the Coin Make Wallets Obsolete?
The boundary between the physical and digital worlds continues to blur. More and more financial transactions are one-click easy thanks to an array of digital tools. Now, a new device called the Coin...
View ArticleDo You Have a Dirty Digital Footprint?
A 2013 circuit court ruling declared that for legal purposes, you are your social media profile. As the lines between our digital lives and the “real world” keep on blurring, the footprints we leave in...
View ArticleCan New TechnologyThwart Snooping?
As information continues to hit the news about the scope of the National Security Agency’s domestic data collection efforts, new industries are springing up to fill a niche that’s suddenly booming:...
View ArticleIdentify Theft Insurance: Promises, Promises?
Is your identity safe? High profile incidents like the recent data hack that stole the information of Target shoppers at Thanksgiving 2013 and revelations about domestic surveillance have kicked...
View ArticleServices Profit From Identity Theft Anxiety
Is the digital age becoming the age of anxiety? As security breaches and word of new identity theft scams hit the headlines on a seemingly regular basis, anyone who uses computers and mobile devices...
View ArticleWhat’s In Your (Dark) Wallet?
The Bitcoin is making more and more strides toward worldwide acceptance—and that’s fueling increased efforts to regulate use of the new digital currency. But Bitcoin supporters who embrace the freedom...
View ArticleDrug Lord or Hero: The Silk Road’s Founder Confounds Expectations
The Silk Road is dead. That eclectic online marketplace for trafficking in illegal substances of every kind was raided and shut down in 2013 by the FBI and other federal agencies, who confiscated its...
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