#50 – BLACKMAIL & BOUNTIES & BITCOIN – OH MY! – Dr. Carolyn Turbyfill

Do you have an old Hotmail account lying around?   What would you do if:

Dr. Carolyn Turbyfill

Dr. Carolyn Turbyfill

  • Someone took control of an account belonging to you – using public information to answer the security questions that allow you to reset a password.
  • Used your compromised account to break into other more sensitive accounts – your business, bank, etc.
  • Then blackmailed you for $20,000 with the threat of selling your identity and accounts to ‘fraudsters’ who ‘would ruin your life’? Continue reading

#22 – 1ST INTERNET ADDICT INPATIENT TREATMENT CENTER

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Dr. Carolyn Turbyfil

A “voluntary, 10-day program” for Internet Addiction “is set to open on Sept. 9 at the Behavioral Health Services at Bradford Regional Medical Center” in Pennsylvania.
Read more:
http://www.foxnews.com/1Sept13//Pennsylvania-1st-inpatient-Internet-Addiction-program Continue reading

Don’t Give Retailers Your Zip Code

When a retailer asks for your zip code, phone number or email address, they could really be using this data to put you on a mailing list that you didn’t sign up for.  Unless you want to be on their mailing list, just say no.  For more info see:

Just say no, when a retailer asks for your zip code.

 

#18 – YOU NEED TO KNOW THE EIGHT “FAIR INFORMATION PRACTICE PRINCIPLES” – CAROLYN TURBYFILL

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You need to know the eight ‘fair information practice principles.

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Dr. Carolyn Turbyfill

On February 2, 2012, the White House issued an Executive Order “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity”:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/executive-order-improving-critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity Continue reading

#16 – BIG DATA & PRIVACY (NOT) –CAROLYN TURBYFILL

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The Internet, Big Data and Loss of Privacy

In my perpetual quest to make Cyber Security more accessible and less ponderous, I am experimenting with a new approach – a video parody of a Bond villain exposition, summarizing his nefarious plan:  Small Version: http://youtu.be/gi9sIHF2XBs Continue reading