How to Report Fake Facebook Profiles

Jul 13, 2010 1 Comment by Gilberto J Perera

After reading this you’ll think twice next time you accept a friend request from Facebook’s People You May Know feature. Over the weekend my wife and I discovered that my brother-in-law’s Facebook profile wasn’t really his. About 10 different family members had already “friended” the brother-in-law impostor which led Facebook to suggest him as someone [...]

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Concerned About Your Privacy? Delete Your Profile from Spokeo

Apr 01, 2010 10 Comments by Gilberto J Perera

This morning I received an email from one of my readers alerting me about the amount of personal information aggregated by Spokeo.com, a people-related search engine that claims it’s, “Not your grandma’s phonebook.” Naturally I looked up the website and performed a search on myself, I figured I’d find some of the stuff posted on [...]

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Help Me Spread Awareness About Fake Virus Scanner Scams

Dec 08, 2009 6 Comments by Gilberto J Perera

In an effort to educate computer users about the potential dangers of fake virus scanner pop-ups and how to close the pop-ups without infecting their computers I put together a one page PDF that summarizes the threat and lists some steps to help mitigate its impact. The idea came from a similar campaign that was [...]

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9 Programs to Encrypt Your Memory Key

Aug 11, 2009 8 Comments by Gilberto J Perera

As more of us rely on memory keys, thumb drives, and other portable storage devices to save our sensitive information, it is imperative that we ensure the stored information is secured and remains private. The list below is a compilation of various applications that are designed to encrypt the information on portable [...]

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How to Automatically Clear Your Browsing History

Oct 14, 2008 1 Comment by Gilberto J Perera

If you are concerned with your the files left behind whenever you browse the internet at home or at the office, then this is your solution. The how-to below will demonstrate how you can setup Internet Explorer and Firefox to automatically delete all files related your browsing activities. If you have any questions or comments, [...]

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Ever Sold a Cell Phone on eBay? Your Personal Information May Be At Risk

Aug 31, 2006 No Comments by Gilberto J Perera

If you have sold or donated your cell phone in the past, you may be in for huge surprise. According to a recent NBC article related to cell phones that are sold online, Trust Digital who bought 10 used cell phones from eBay recovered the equivalent of 27,000 pages of personal and corporate information from [...]

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