Safety (and/or survival) online, offline and everywhere in between.
It’s been a little over a year since I left AOL. but the harassment and abuse that occurs there hasn’t. Recently, a friend of a friend contacted me to report they she had been the subject of another person’s harassment, intimidation and stalking. In this piece, I intend to share my advice on how to [...]
Lately, phishers and scammers and spammers have been at it again — luring unsuspecting users to divulge their credentials on popular social networks and (for some) installing malicious software on their computer. So far, I haven’t really seen any identity theft of the offline variety with it, but nothing precludes unscrupulous souls from accessing your [...]
Almost all e-mail users at unwillingly receive e-mails that offer discounted pharmaceuticals, such as Viagra, Cialis and even Oxycontin. During this discourse of e-mail, people often are quick to delete or use their Report Spam e-mail client feature. But many wonder why they receive it? Let’s find out.
In this entry, I’ll share my thoughts on Twitter as a public safety service and opine on Law Enforcement’s engagement on it as well as provide suggestions to law enforcement agencies nationwide to better interact with Twitter (ultimately, their citizens). Also, I compiled a comprehensive list of all the Police departments who are on Twitter. [...]