College Identity Theft Speaker
Identity theft expert John Sileo speaks often to colleges, universities and fraternities about how students can protect their identity and privacy online.
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College Students Destroy Financial Future with Poor Choices
Identity thieves don't care a whit if the student has a dime - they just want a clean financial record in order to commit crimes using their credit and future buying power. Here are some ways to stop them.
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How Secure is Your Gmail, Hotmail, YahooMail?
How safe is your webmail account? Is someone prying in your private photos? Between hacking, sniffing and the inside job, you don't have a chance.
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7 Steps to Secure Profitable Business Data (Part II)
Everybody wants your business's data. Why? Because it’s profitable, it’s relatively easy to access and the resulting crime is almost impossible to trace. Data security expert John Sileo helps you protect your business.
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7 Steps to Secure Profitable Business Data (Part I)
Everybody wants your data. Why? Because it’s profitable, it’s relatively easy to access and the resulting crime is almost impossible to trace. Take, for example, Sony PlayStation Network, Citigroup...
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7 Data Theft Hotspots for Meeting Professionals
Meeting professionals are responsible for massive databases full of attendee's private information. That makes them a ripe target for identity thieves, hackers, scammers, sniffers and frauds. Learn how to protect your next meeting, conference or event.
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13 Data Security Tips for Meeting Professionals – SGMP
Meeting professionals can be held liable for attendee data lost in connection with a conference or meeting. Data security expert John Sileo suggests these data security steps to help protect your conference and your job.
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3 Exposure Lessons Learned Via Anthony Weiner
In a world where your every action is subject to capture, publication and mass distribution, it's far easier to be a moral, upstanding, well-adjusted individual than it is to attempt to hide a dysfunctional dark side.
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Dropbox a Crystal Ball of Cloud Computing Pros & Cons
The Dropbox incident exposes an even bigger issue about cloud computing: anytime your data lives on a device that you don't own, you lose a certain amount of control over what happens to it. Data security expert John Sileo shares tools to evaluate your risk.
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iPhone and Droid Want to Be Your Big Brother
The actual answer to the iPhone and Droid's collection of our location data without our consent is for the public to put enough pressure on Apple and Google that they stop the practice of tracking our location-based data and no longer collect, store or transmit it in any way without our consent.
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Comprehensive Opt Out List for Marketing Databases
Here is a list of all of the databases from which you can opt out, thereby lowering the risk of your information being sold.
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Facebook Can Use Your Photos in Their Ads Without Permission
Unless you tell them not to, Facebook can share basically anything they want about you with everyone.
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Reputation Gets You What You Want
Reputation is everything. A strong reputation gives you job security even in a shaky economy. It can be your sales team's best closing tool or worst enemy. Do you manage your reputation?
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How to Opt Out of Data Miners and Online Directories
Here is a comprehensive list of data aggregators and online directories that you can opt out, or ask to stop aggregating and providing your information to anyone on the web.
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Tired of Being Tracked by Websites? Do Not Track is Here.
In response to the growing demands for more privacy on the internet, Mozilla implements a Do Not Track option in Firefox 4. Sileo recommends you try it out to send a message to businesses that privacy is important.
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Don’t Have a Fraudulent Valentine’s Day
I hate it when scammers take advantage of you on holidays. In fact, I don't much like being the person responsible for telling you that fraud goes way up during holidays like Christmas and Valentine's Day. But...
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Information Offense – How Google Plays
In that question, 'why waste the money?' lies one of the root causes of all data theft inside of organizations.
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Avoid Super Bowl Scam
With any big sporting event comes the opportunity for thieves to take advantage of desperate fans. This rings true with the upcoming Superbowl match between the Packers and the Steelers.
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How to Hide Yourself on Facebook (Hide on Facebook)
Why do some people want to hide on Facebook? So that they can be the proverbial "fly on the wall" and watch others without being watched. Here's how to hide on Facebook.
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How To Control Your Privacy Online
John Sileo,Identity Theft Expert and Speaker, gives 5 great tips on how to control your privacy online.
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