The Zelle app is convenient for transferring money, but there’s no fraud protection. And hackers are cashing in on people who use the Zoom conferencing software by sending fake emails — here’s what to watch out for.
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Google 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 games.
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Stalkerware is a program – a very sophisticated and perfectly legal program – that you can install on your cellphone. Or…and this is the point…somebody else can install on your cellphone. It’s a program that lets another person know who you’re talking to, see your text messages, know your exact location at any given moment – in fact, see whatever …
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Do you own a cell phone? Most everyone has an iPhone or an Android, but did you know there are con artist all over the world trying to use your phone to rip you off? Those who own Android phone are at an even higher risk than others. Most of the risk is found in apps in the Google Play …
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A couple of careless “apps” on Facebook have accidentally leaked secure data for millions of Facebook users. There’s no telling if you might be one of them, so here are some things you need to do.
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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.
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