How To Avoid Four of the New Airline Fees
CNN has a story covering four of the new annoying fees you might see at the airport and how you might be able to avoid them. But then there's this…
By the way, there's plenty of evidence that the airlines are just getting started with their new fees. Once passengers are used to paying for beverages, checked luggage and "free" award tickets, it's .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Using a Webcam to Spy on People Remotely
It's important to know that in this case, the spy had physical access to the machine and there was a light that came on to tell the victim that the webcam was active. However, you should always be careful if you have a webcam installed to cover or turn it when not in use.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Spying, WebcamYour Health Records For Sale
Health and life insurance companies have access to a powerful new tool for evaluating whether to cover individual consumers: a health "credit report" drawn from databases containing prescription drug records on more than 200 million Americans. It's important to know that these prescription reports and others like it .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Data Abuse, HIPAASchneier Covers Newest Lost Laptop, For TSA CLEAR Program
The TSA's CLEAR program where people can spend $100 to be "pre-screened" at airports and bypass security had a security hit recently when a laptop (doesn't this get old) with customer data was stolen.
Well gosh, how could they ever have seen that coming?
Anyway, Schneier covers the story and links to the TSA's response as well as taking a .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Big Brother, Lost Laptops, TSA, Well Duh!US Airways Becomes The Leading Nickel-and-Dime Airline
Google Exec Nailed By His Own Privacy Invading Service
In the mad rush to create a value-adding product at the expense of privacy (wow, where have we heard that before?), Google execs failed to consider that they too might be on the losing end of Google Streetview. A privacy group has just released a ton of personal information that could cause all kinds of problems for Google .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Google, Just DessertsSchneier And U.S. Government Policy for Seizing Laptops at Borders
Schneier covers the recently released US policy for laptop seizure:
The U.S. government has published its policy: they can take your laptop anywhere they want, for as long as they want, and share the information with anyone they want Never Talk To The Police
Schneier covers two videos explaining why it's a bad idea to say anything to police when arrested or investigated.
The first video is a law school professor explaining why he's proud to say he will never talk to a police officer under any circumstances. Here are some highlights:
- There are tens of thousands of federal crimes. Many .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Georgia Gets Credit Freeze Law
The Georgia law caps fees for freezing or unfreezing credit records at $3, lower than most states, and requires the service to be free for people over age 65. The law also requires credit bureaus to lift the freeze within 15 minutes when a customer makes a request to buy big-ticket items like cars and TVs .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Judge Rules that Cellphone Early Termination Fees are Illegal
Just to prove once again that California is one of the most progressive states for protecting consumers, a judge there has ruled against Sprint in a class-action lawsuit involving Early Termination Fees.
The lawsuit claimed that the fees did not offset the cost of phones and were instead used only to lock people .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: ETF, Fees, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty Tricks