Landline NOT Required for DSL
Did you know that you could get DSL service WITHOUT having to have a phone land line with the same company? Probably not since the phone company won't tell you. Check out this article for tips on how to teach the "Customer Service Reps" what and how to do it.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: DSL, ISPsBeware Dirty Tricks This Election
I've talked about this before, but there are some dirty tricks that people will pull to encourage you to vote their way or not vote at all. It bears repeating so here is a recent CNN article on the subject as a refresher.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Elections, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksSafe Search Engine For Kids
If you've been caught by surprise doing web searches with your kids and found something you really didn't want to explain, maybe Ask.com's new kid-safe search is worth checking out.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Internet, Kids, Search EnginesCitibank Guilty of Theft Against its Customers
California, a historically consumer-friendly state, has recently won a settlement against Citibank for over 14 million dollars in theft from its customers. They apparently used a computer program to "sweep" up positive balances due to double paid bills or merchandise returns from customers' accounts into the Citibank's general fund.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Big Business, Citibank, Customer Abuse, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksCalifornia Wireless Toll System Hacked
This is hardly surprising. The wireless toll systems use RFID and there isn't an RFID system yet that hasn't been hacked that I know of. Anyway, by cloning anyone's transponder, you can pass through the tolls while the other sucker pays the bill. Also useful for committing crimes in someone .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: California, RFID, Wireless Toll SystemsAdvertisement Disguised as Traffic Ticket
Companies that are desperate to force you to look at their ads have been disguising them as traffic tickets which you'll surely not ignore. Even if the ad were fantastic, I think I'd throw it away as a matter of principle.
Note, this post begins a new category on my page dedicated to the low and dirty cheats among .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Advertising, Market Lies, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty Tricks, Tickets and FinesHow to Deal With Flight Cancellations
With the stark increase in flight cancellations this year, it's in your best interests to have some idea of how to fight back.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Airlines, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty Tricks, Your RightsGood Data About White House E-mail Woes
Here's an article about the White House's struggle with keeping required records: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080824-white-house-memo-no-white-house-email-recovery-this-year.html
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Accountability, George BushBest Western Loses Full Details of All Customers From 2008 in Data Breach
Details of how to access the information - which included home addresses, place of employment and credit card details - were sold through an underground network operated by the Russian mafia.
And, again, if these companies would stop holding our credit card numbers far past the date that .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Best Western, Data Breaches, NegligenceDunkin Donuts to Use Face Scanners to Target You For Ads
The Wall Street Journal says that Dunkin' Donuts is experimenting with video screens that use facial recognition technology to figure out your age and gender. The screens then display ads targeted specifically to you. The last thing we need is computers trying to figure out who and what we are so they can target ads .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Business, Biometrics, Dunkin Donuts, Face Scanning