Sitemap - 2018 - The Red Tape Chronicles
'I know your password' sextortion scam my top story of 2018 (Donald who?)
My 2019 calendar: Ireland, biking across Missouri, and a crazy year
After scary Christmas Eve market plunge, what should you do?
Where's the raises? Despite tax cuts, robust economy, majority say their pay is stuck in neutral
Someone (China?) is building an enormous dossier database from all these massive hacks
Report: Equifax attacks came from China; cybersecurity had rated a '0 out of 10' before 2017 hack
Starwood breach -- what should you do? That depends on who, and why
Dunkin' Donuts app hit by account takeover attack, some bank fraud complaints emerge
Google maps told me I had Bruce on Broadway tickets. I don't. It's spooky and too clever by half
Is Facebook the next Yahoo? Russian hackers were there, too, in 2014
On WTOP radio: They've hacked us, now Facebook, Google must clean up fake news mess
'Didn't I just see that?' - the frequency illusion bias, and what investors need to learn
Facebook, Google invented digital crack, and now we're addicted to lies. It's a health crisis
Software, stop judging me! Survey shows Americas have deep distrust of algorithms
Scam alert: Health insurance enrollment season sees rise in robocalls selling fake plans
Breach podcast, step 6: Accepting the result, or being a good loser
What do you see in that CNN-Trump presser video? You see confirmation bias.
Humidity-caused paper jams, missing power cords, even foreclosure blamed for voting failures
Breach podcast: Step 5, election hacking -- announcing the wrong results
The six ways your vote might be hacked during the 2018 midterm election
Breach podcast: Step 4, election hacking -- Counting the vote
Breach podcast: Step 3, election hacking: Voting machines
Breach podcast: Step 2, election hacking -- voter registration
Special new episode of the Breach podcast: Will the 2018 midterms be hacked?
Breach podcast -- Election hacking, step 1: State-sponsored trolling
Twitter revealed some users' location data, even after they'd asked it be deleted
Yahoo agrees to hack lawsuit settlement; will pay victims $25 an hour for their time
A birthday dream: 100 miles on Missouri's Katy Trail rails-to-trails bike path
Katy Trail Preface: August and Hermann, kind of
Katy Trail Day 1: Jefferson City and Hartsburg
Katy Trail Day 2: Rocheport to McBain, and Columbia's MKT
Katy Trail Day 3: Sedalia and Boonville
Katy Trail Day 4: McBain to Cooper's Landing
Katy Trail, the end: Rocheport, Dutzel and Augusta
Stealing Experian credit freeze PINs was as easy as 'none of the above'
Here's what a Russian GRU mobile Wi-Fi attack-in-a-trunk looks like
This is a test. A real test. Of your patience. When texts hit tomorrow, plan for a coffee break
Know Your Nuggets: Endowed Progress
Facebook hacked; at least 50 million accounts impacted
What should college students know about ethics and technology? Help us make a 101 course, here
Tell us your heart rate, or else: Life insurance firm now requiring fitbit, etc.
Trying something new: a new kind of security conference in D.C., Oct. 3
If Trump really wants to, can he use DOJ to find the op-ed writer? Snowden might say, 'Yes'
The Equifax hack, 1 year later: What have we lost? What cost has Equifax paid?
Mark Zuckerberg is the world's front-page editor now. That's the real problem
With Venmo, ApplePay, etc. etc... is cash caput? Not so fast...
Photos of Sen. John McCain lying in state
Labor Day refection: On Bull$%%t jobs and the A$$hole economy
Americans weren't saving any money, then suddenly, they were. A correction
Five years and 441 stories later, farewell to Credit.com (a brief indulgence, forgive me)
Asheville: Beer friendly, dog friendly, and a great hotel -- the new Lucky Vacation Spots winner
Back to the Promised Land: On RoadTrip 2018, living it up in OKC
'All's well that ends well' is good business
Here's 9 pieces of financial advice that young people might not hear elsewhere
Road Trip 2018: I'll head back to Boise soon. Everyone else is doing it
Why 'give and you shall receive' is good business
Election hackers at it again, Facebook says; don't help by falling into the 'troll trap'
The newest, most devastating cyber-weapon: 'patriotic trolls' (You might be one)
Road Trip 2018: When I learned telling people you're a journalist can be risky
Nerd Nuggets: What is the IKEA Effect?
VIDEO: Apple pulls conspiracy theory app from iTunes; you should delete conspiracies, too
'I know your password...and much more' sextortion scam spreads quickly
Survey: Apartment scams rampant, with 5 million victims; some lose more than $2,000
Stop talking about it: Go on that road trip. Here's pics from mine
VIDEO: In a divided America, will moving trucks unite us?
VIDEO: Why high housing costs could unify America
Who likes long airport lines? For Clear, and airports, frustration is a sales pitch
The 'stolen scream' -- photographer's self-portrait stolen, used around the world
What's wrong with tech? The hidden side effects. Announcing the new Red Tape Chronicles (motto)
Yahoo hacker, focus of Breach podcast, sentenced to five years in prison
It's Memorial Day. Stop working and plan a vacation, now! Also, introducing PeopleScience.com
Internet users could be safer, but they aren't taking this crucial step. Why?
Are you living below the ALICE line? 43% of Americans can't cover the basics
Forget lattes, avocado toast: Young folks are spending half their money on rent. That's the problem
What you need to know about fraud before sending money with Zelle
The money advice college grads never get (but should)
Change your Twitter password, but don't stop there: Turn on two-factor now. Here's how.
Could this be the real reason you have trouble losing weight or saving money?
Why my futile search for tuxedo pants shows the Russians are winning
Audio: On WTOP radio, talking about the Yahoo hack $35 million fine
Zelle's fraud problem gains steam; I fix misleading ads with rap of my own
Stop robocalls now! We're looking at you, iPhone users
Whatever happened to the Russian Yahoo hackers? Find out, in the Breach podcast finale
Video: Is Facebook really sorry? My thoughts, on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Surprise! Congress failed to address Facebook's fundamental flaw
Starbucks requires email for Wi-Fi now. Can users remove their info? Unclear
Starbucks picked an odd time to force Wi-Fi customers to cough up personal data
'Made in Jail' -- Meet the Russians who engineered the biggest hack in history
Dog-friendly Durham: A five-star stop in Lucky Vacation Spots
Marissa Mayer's big mistake after the Yahoo hack, and why she was yelling at a NYT reporter
Podcast: 'Breach,' an investigation of history's biggest hack -- listen now
New investigative podcast: Behind history's biggest hack, at Yahoo (the 'other' Russian hack)
Hackers now selling your selfies on dark web, security firm says
Facebook data, a powerful weapon, has been stolen and used against us. That's the real threat
The high cost of being sentimental, or why you think that old Mustang is worth more than buyers do
Hate Gotchas? Read a free excerpt of the all-new Gotcha Capitalism here
The kind of ID theft that really hurts your credit score is soaring
Here's why that new IRS tax ID theft scam is so convincing
P2P bank app Zelle soars in popularity -- with criminals, and without fraud protections
A criminal opened a DirecTV account in his name, and his credit score dropped 150 points
Retirement account ID theft soars, report says -- what to do about it
Gift cards cards are safer, but not safe, and rebate cards are tricky -- 30 Days of Gotchas
Facebook set me to 'like' a Congressional candidate without my consent
Tech's dark side takes the spotlight with tales of the Infocalypse; is there a glimmer of hope?
If you want a new credit card, or a higher credit line, ask sooner than later
Credit cards: 10 years later, the Gotchas aren't gone, but they're on the run: 30 Days of Gotchas
'Some would say' is a lazy rhetorical device that now, thanks to tech, threatens our society
ID theft sets a new record high -- and now, criminals are coming for ALL your accounts
Dow plummets 1,500 -- that sure got your attention. Now, what to do?
Hackers hit the jackpot in US, can now drain ATMs of all their cash
Quick: What was your cell phone bill in 2008? A lot less, but you got less -- 30 Days of Gotchas
This week, you should both hire and fire Equifax
Ten years later, the Gotchas are back -- and so is my book, with all-new advice for 2018
What, you don't have $100k saved? Survey claims 15% of millennials do
How is your Internet access compared to 10 years ago? 30 Days of Gotchas
When you have insurance, but you can't find a doctor: 30 days of Gotchas.
False alarms are the real fake news. They are common, dangerous, and we'd better invest and fix them
VIDEO: How do you compare to an average consumer?
Now, for the Bitcoin (and blockchain) blowback; what's this for again?
16 cities where renting is a better bargain than buying
'Speculative execution' and Meltdown; the latest example of tech flying too close to the Sun
Seven simple ways to be better with money in 2018
Nationwide Customs computer outage causes major New Year's delays at U.S. airports