Can you spot them? 🔍 These disguised ads are taking over the feeds. The information may be real, but the way it’s presented is manipulative. Here’s what to look for (and a lot of these apply to scams too): •Urgency- Is there a hook designed to make you act immediately? •Fear-Is it tryin

Your car app could be sharing more than you think. 

Northeastern researchers and Consumer Reports tested 21 cars and 30 car apps. 

Of those apps, 28 contacted outside advertising or analytics companies, and 7 shared personal information such as VINs, names, or precise location.
 Personally I avo

It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month! 🔐 
Pick one tip to start with, take action and help #SecureOurSpace . 
Which one will you start with? 👇 

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‼️ Scam Alert: the inheritance letter scam This one uses real personal details and a real law firm, but it’s fake. The goal is to get you to respond where they’ll tell you to pay for processing fees for the money you’ll never receive. If you see this, don’t respond, don’t pay anything & rep

Part 2 of putting your scam spotting skills to the test. Remember if you ever see these, report them. For texts you can forward it to 7726. #scamalert #scamprevention #cybersecurity #safetytips #onlinesafety

How’s your 🍑? Amazon might be able to tell you. •Open your Amazon App •Click the person icon •Your name at the top •& then About You Maybe you have a flat butt, maybe you have no friends, maybe you can’t keep plants alive (all things people reported Amazon told them). Let me know

Did you get the “ASOS Hacked’ notification? 

It came from the official ASOS app.

News is still developing but as of now it’s being reported that potentially millions of people have had their names, addresses, emails, birthdays and even search histories exposed. 

And according to ASOS, it was an

Data control is part of scam prevention. Things you can do today: •Google has a ‘Request personal content removal form’ on their support page. Start there. • Apple, Android and your phone carrier (like Verizon, T-Mobile, etc offer free spam filters). Use them. • Forward scam texts to

Spotify has parental controls for kids 13 and under.

It’s called Managed Accounts and it used to require a paid Family plan but now anyone can do it (as long as they’re in one of 16 countries).

I’ll talk more about these parental controls and other apps in this week’s Substack which is also bilin

As soon as you hear ‘fraud department,’ HANG UP. You can always check your bank account directly or call the number on the back of your bank card if you have questions but right now this bank scam is catching a lot of people. It starts with someone calling you from a “fraud department.” Th

‼️Scam Alert: The one where you get a product you never ordered.

Brushing scams are complicated because it involves you receiving a product you never ordered and then the scammer uses that to boost their listing.

You might think ‘who cares? Free product?’ but there’s a few things to think about:

The AI agent gave out his address without asking. Meta’s AI agent Muse reportedly shared a seller’s home address after he asked it to handle a Facebook Marketplace listing. It also agreed to a lowball offer, scheduled pickup & sent his home address all without letting the seller know. We

Wherever I go, I spot safety systems. I love thinking about why things are built the way they are and that’s how I learned why some doors swing outwards in public buildings. So that you can get out in an emergency. It’s one of those design choices you don’t think about until it really matter

Nothing outs me faster than putting a banana on rice. & maybe my jewelry 😅 #hispanicheritagemonth #latina #whereareyoufrom

They’re all fake. These are all ads with either AI generated people or scripts, either way it’s fake. I won’t go as far as calling the companies a scam but I will say they’re using scammy tactics and it seems to be in violation of the law. That’s enough for me to not want to do business

This is why pot handles sticking out stress me out. A small habit that can prevent burns is using the back burner and turning pit handles inward. It works for everyone but especially if you have kids or pets, it’s essential. Vid: @Matt #safetytips #reaction #prevention #kitch

#ad Parenting in the 90’s vs. Today is similar, but the format is different. In the 90’s parents would say ‘call me from the pay phone’ and use call collect as messaging systems but today it’s location sharing and calls from the phone in their pockets. If you’re upgrading your family tech (

NEWS: Hackers claim they’ve breached the FBI and obtained personal information about its employees, their families and people who have applied to work there. And what’s interesting is that they’ve said they didn’t do it for money or extortion, they’re doing it to set the record straight. In May

One scammer targeted over 60+ women on dating apps.

This story is wild. 

A man (allegedly) pretended to play for the 49ers, built up an entire fake online persona around this and ended up scamming over 60 women out of $1.3 million and the FBI thinks there could be more women.

This is your remind

Match the energy 🙃 #catcalling #women #girlhumor #safetytips