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Consumer views and news since 2007 about privacy, identity theft, and corporate responsibility -- by George Jenkins

05/10/2024

Frightening!
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/harvard-students-software-glasses-personal-information/

Two Harvard University students have created new technology that gives users access to your name, phone number and address just by looking at you.

04/10/2024

Notice which states are the parasitic states = mostly Republican. This enables them to claim they are low tax havens, while in truth the rest of the country subsidizes them. See:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-voters-survive-more-on-government-handouts-study/ar-AA1rEySD

It has long been a thorn in Democratic strategists’ sides that many Republican voters, especially those in rural areas, allegedly “vote against their own interests” in many elections. That is, these voters favor GOP candidates whose policies work against them financially — politicians whose ...

04/10/2024

Here is the list of hypocrites = voted against disaster aid and then expect/demand said relief for their districts. See:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/full-list-of-republicans-who-voted-against-fema-relief-before-helene-battered-their-home-states/ar-AA1ry6CJ

As Category 4 Hurricane Helene geared towards the Florida Panhandle, a number of Republican senators and representatives voted against supplementing disaster funding in a government funding extension

28/09/2024

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-states-for-teachers/7159

Best & Worst States for Teachers in 2024

24/09/2024

Good!
https://apnews.com/article/visa-antitrust-justice-department-debit-card-fees-d139de6d803e55a00ab4987ef867c3a4

The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market.

24/09/2024

Hopefully, more countries will follow Brazil's lead:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/elon-musks-x-gives-up-fight-in-brazil-starts-complying-with-judges-demands/

X announces reversal but must prove compliance before it can be reinstated.

24/09/2024

This is horrible!
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/land-stolen-concord-home-construction-iteam/

Valuable land in Concord, Massachusetts was stolen from a couple. Now a home is being built there against their wishes.

24/09/2024

Good!
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/climate/california-exxon-mobil-plastics-pollution-recycling-lawsuit.html

The lawsuit, seeking ‘multiple billions of dollars,’ opens a new front in the legal battles with oil and gas companies over climate and environmental issues.

18/09/2024

Perhaps, a better question: is my dentist mugging me?

https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/371890/dental-insurance-scam-explain-it-to-me

Insurance treats dentistry different from medicine — and makes things weird.

20/08/2024

If you haven't checked, I strongly urge you to do it immediately. The link to the Pentester site is in the article:
https://time.com/7011872/social-security-data-breach-information/

After the confirmation of a significant data breach, here is how to know if your social security number has been compromised and how to protect your information.

15/08/2024

https://www.rd.com/list/times-to-never-use-your-credit-card/

Credit cards might be convenient and reliable, but here are some scenarios where swiping or entering your digits could be dangerous.

14/08/2024

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-garland-secretary-haaland-department-interior-highlight-missing-and

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland were in New Mexico today to highlight the work of the Biden-Harris Administration in helping address public safety, including the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) and human trafficking crises throughout India...

14/08/2024

Good!
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-indicted-unlawfully-exporting-aircraft-components-iran

The Justice Department today unsealed an indictment charging U.S.-Iranian national Jeffrey Chance Nader with crimes related to the illicit export of U.S.-manufactured aircraft components, including components used on military aircraft, to Iran in violation of U.S. economic sanctions and other federa...

14/08/2024

We've all heard about icebergs. Well, "fatbergs" are a thing, too.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mnwr1wl91o

Southern Water says the blockage could have led to manholes overflowing or flooding.

04/08/2024

https://ictnews.org/news/apologize-report-calls-for-us-government-to-own-up-to-abusive-boarding-school-history

The final investigative report on federal Indian boarding schools sets out recommendations for helping Native communities heal from the abusive policies

03/08/2024

Excellent advice in this article!
https://www.rd.com/list/times-to-never-use-your-credit-card/

Credit cards might be convenient and reliable, but here are some scenarios where swiping or entering your digits could be dangerous.

02/08/2024

Scary.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/02/climate/atlantic-circulation-collapse-timing

It uses state-of-the-art models to estimate the shutdown could happen between 2037 and 2064, and that it’s more likely than not to collapse by 2050.

28/07/2024

https://mashable.com/article/how-to-op-out-x-twitter-grok-ai-chatbot-data-training

Musk is using X user data to build his next big company. A quick settings change can opt you out.

21/07/2024

Patients should never be treated like this.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/her-hearing-implant-was-preapproved-nonetheless-she-got-139000-bills-for-months/

Caitlyn Mai underwent cochlear implant surgery with her insurer's approval, expecting it would be covered in full. Then she started getting the bills.

21/07/2024

Not good.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/netflix-is-kicking-us-subscribers-off-its-cheapest-ad-free-plan-soon/

Subscribers will have to pay $15.49 for commercial-free Netflix.

21/07/2024

Seems like a weak attempt to fight misinformation.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/07/elon-musks-x-finally-allows-users-to-request-fact-checks-on-misleading-posts/

X to fight spiking disinformation by letting users request Community Notes.

19/07/2024

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/07/major-outages-at-crowdstrike-microsoft-leave-the-world-with-bsods-and-confusion/

Nobody's sure who's at fault for each outage: Microsoft, CrowdStrike, or both.

17/07/2024

Be very careful what you read on social media.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91156193/misinformation-on-x-following-trump-assassination-attempt

Despite Elon Musk’s claim that X would be a more reliable source of information during breaking news events, it is full of misinformation.

17/07/2024

Be careful what you read on social media.
https://www.factcheck.org/2024/07/misinformation-swirls-about-trump-rally-shooters-identity/

In the days following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, social media swirled with misinformation about the shooter. The 20-year-old gunman was a registered Republican and there is no evidence he had a criminal record, contrary to popular claims online.

16/07/2024

Be careful what you read on social media.

The actions of the Secret Service at the Pennsylvania rally where former President Donald Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt are under review. But social media posts show an altered photo to falsely claim agents were smiling while moving Trump to safety. The original Associated Press phot...

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