Better Beware!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreMonday October 5th is the deadline to register to vote in November’s Election — and to apply for an absentee ballot if you want to stay home this year and stay safe from COVID-19. Here’s timely information, and ways to avoid some surprising problems.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThere is a lot of fraud going around that relates to the Election — but it’s not fraudulent voting, it’s scammers trying to keep you from voting! Or steal your identity…or your money. Watch out for them, starting right now.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreFake demands to buy non-existant home test kits for COVID-19, a new way to turn your digital wallet into a money laundry, thousands of flood-damaged cars hitting the market, and a great website to help fight scammers!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHere is a list of basic Do’s and Don’ts that everyone needs to remember to stay safe in our modern world. Let’s start with some things NOT to do…

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreEveryone should be wearing a face mask in public these days, but not all of them work. Here’s a summary of test results on various kinds of masks, and a simple way to test any mask.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe scammers are working faster than the health authorities — fake messages and phone calls from phony “contact tracers” are trying to steal your identity…and maybe your money, too. Here’s how to recognized the crooks.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreGoogle recently discovered 25 nasty apps that had been in their Play Store quite awhile and downloaded 2 million times. Find out if you got one of these! And here’s a wonderful resource from the Federal Trade Commission to help you identify all the current Covid-19 con …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePhone scammers who threaten you are now insisting you don’t hang up until you send the money; people have been getting mysterious packets of seeds in the mail, and phone apps from Presidential campaigns have big differences. Three things to watch out for!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreDigital Assistants can be anywhere, are getting to be everywhere, and can be turned on when nobody realizes it. Ordinary language mistaken for a “wake word” can mean your privacy has just disappeared. Here’s what to watch out for. [English Majors: I dangled that participle deliberately. So …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAn outfit called the “Freedom To Breathe Agency” is distributing official-looking but totally bogus cards that claim the bearer is exempt from facemask requirements. Don’t accept them, don’t use them, and beware of anyone who does!