Tag Archives: internet

Bad news twice: Chrome and Edge browser extensions have been found that are very dangerous, and many people have already downloaded them. And using your smartphone to pay for things is far less safe than you thought — even two-factor identification has been compromised. Headsup and watch out!

Here are a couple of the latest things to beware of — parents take note! — and a couple of heartening stories about scammers who ran out of luck.

The internet is probably the most dangerous place you go. Here are four of the more important dangers to be aware of while browsing… and ways to deal with them.

What is the “Dark Web?” Why is it dangerous to you? Unfortunately, there are very good answers to those questions, and here is a pretty good try at giving them to you.

In this weeks episode of Ecoreport, WFHB’s Don Geyra and Tod Wicks report on the Indiana Department of Natural Resources is carrying out prescribed burns in Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood State Forest over the course of next month and the Brown County Parks and Recreation Department selling woods to a timber company that then clear-cut a scenic overlook.  Also in this …

Internet applications can be used to track your children’s movements, finances, and whereabouts. Dangerous apps for your teenagers, on a new edition of our consumer watchdog segment, Better Beware! Better Beware is Produced by Richard Fish, at Community Radio WFHB in Bloomington, Indiana. Executive Producer is Wes Martin.

Recent massive threats in cyberspace haven’t happened — but the dangers are really there and getting worse. Anyone who uses the internet needs to hear these tips.

A handful of brands of beer are much more likely than others to send people to the Emergency Room, and a Canadian company is paying off customers who bought an internet-connected sex toy.

On Thursday February 13 Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian came to Indiana University as part of a speaking tour. Alexis is an entrepreneur, investor, and most well known for co-founding the social news site Reddit. The Union Board and the Informatics and Computing Student Association have eagerly collaborated to host Alexis for a talk on how to make the world suck less …

The Bloomington Telecommunications Council continued its discussions Dec. 3 about bringing telecommunications scholar Susan Crawford to Bloomington. The council has encountered issues getting funding for the visit, and last month it requested $5,500 dollars from the city Board of Public Works. New Council member Jo Throckmorton asked another member, Duane Busick, why the Council would push for the visit from …