Funny story of the day…
Ever heard of LifeLock? They describe themselves as an “Identity Theft Protection” service. LifeLock put out a commercial where the CEO hands out his social security number to random people on the street, and puts it on billboards, sides of trucks, etc. Never seen it? Check out [...]

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In the tragic case of a 13-year old MySpace user who committed suicide from online bullying, the AP reports in this article that Federal Prosecutors have indicted the accused “bully” on one count of conspiracy and three counts of “accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain information.”
That latter charge is based on the fact that [...]

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