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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreHere’s a headsup about “wrong numbers” that are only wrong if you respond to them! — and some reminders about staying safe when you shop for holiday gifts, or travel to see friends and family during the holiday season. All good to know, for you, for your …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSSWe all shop online these days, don’t we? And we’re going to do a lot of shopping during the Holiday season. But e-commerce is one of the biggest categories of complaints about scams and swindles. Here’s a personal story about how I ran into a very convincing fraud — …

Shopping websites and phone apps — and a whole lot of others — are actually collecting a lot of data about you, and sharing it (or selling it!) to others. Much of it is information they don’t need for you to use their app or website. You probably gave them permission to do this, without realizing it! You need to …