Following Ubiquiti’s security incident and its subsequent recommendation to change your router password and enable multi-factor authentication, and the fact that it is widely reported that using default passwords on routers while working from home is a security risk, we thought it would be helpful to remind you to change your router password sooner rather
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Privacy Tip #267 – Fertility Tracking App Settles with FTC
By Linn Foster Freedman on
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Flo Health, Inc., (Flo) which offers a fertility-tracking app (Flo Period & Ovulation Tracker) used by more than 100 million customers, has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to dismiss the FTC’s claims that Flo shared the health information of its users with data analytics firms despite promising users that it would…
Privacy Tip #266 – Getting Lots of Ads After Online Holiday Shopping? Some Tips for Browsing History
By Linn Foster Freedman on
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We all probably did a lot more online shopping this year during the pandemic than ever before. After online shopping, you will notice that pop-up ads are constant, and continue to pop up even if you continue to “x” them out. Or you might check the weather, and find that the site you access knows…
Privacy Tip #265 – COVID-19 Phone Scams Continue to Victimize
By Linn Foster Freedman on
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Working from home has shed a new light on robocalls. It is unbelievable how many robocalls I get at home even though I am on the Do Not Call List. It is very easy to monitor these calls. If I recognize the number, I may pick up. If I don’t, I let it ring until…
Privacy Tip #264 – Gift Card Scams
By Linn Foster Freedman on
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I admit this has not been my best gift shopping year. I tried, but with the pandemic, I limited my shopping outings, and I don’t like shopping online for obvious reasons. My new mantra is “How about no gifts this year and we all give the money we would have spent to our favorite charities?”…
Privacy Tip #263 – Fake Emails and Texts Spoofing UPS and FedEx
By Linn Foster Freedman on
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Cyber criminals are taking advantage of the increase in online holiday shopping due to the pandemic. They know people are buying gifts online and sending the packages to the recipients. Often, the recipients do not know they are receiving a gift as it is intended to be a surprise.
Cyber criminals have stepped up their…
Privacy Tip #262 – More Holiday Shopping Tips
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
Holiday shopping has started in earnest following Thanksgiving. Statistics show that with the pandemic, more shopping will be done online this year than ever before. We provided some tips last week, but I had an opportunity since then to participate in an interview and a podcast on the subject and want to pass them along…
Privacy Tip #261 – Online Shopping Tips for the Holidays
By Linn Foster Freedman on
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I have done more online shopping this year than ever before, and I know that I am not alone. With the holidays approaching, this will only increase because of the pandemic, and hackers and fraudsters know it.
A recent report by GBG entitled “GBG State of Digital Identity: 2020,” states that 47 percent of individuals…
Privacy Tip #260 — Don’t Fall for the Worrisome Termination Email Sent from Your Boss
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity, Privacy Tips
Just as ending a relationship with an email or a text message is bad form, employers don’t usually terminate employees with an email. Nonetheless, since a message that appears to address a termination is so drastic and final, it is hard to resist opening it, if only to see if your severance is mentioned in…
Privacy Tip #259 – On Veterans Day: Tips for Veterans to Avoid Scams
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
Today on Veterans Day, we thank all veterans for their service and dedication to our democracy.
Unfortunately, it is well-known that veterans are targeted with scams, so providing tips today to help prevent scams against them is timely.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has provided such tips for veterans, which can be read here.
The…