Another destination in the series of pipes
May 14, 2020
Protect Yourself from Unemployment Benefits Fraud If you live in Washington, or anywhere else for that matter, there’s a high likelihood that someone has fraudulently applied for unemployment benefits in your name recently. Here’s an easy way to determine if this has happened to you and some steps on how you can prevent it. I went to the Employment Security Department website and learned that an account had already been…
March 14, 2019
Not literally, of course, but shutting off some of the lights, at least, and changing the color of others. Sometime since the first of the year, my cell number was added to a scammer mega-list, and my phone has essentially not stopped ringing. I’ve tried all the usual remedies and even went so far as blocking all incoming calls except those in my contact list, but it’s not been as…
November 8, 2018
Last June I was cruising through Twitter and saw a post by one of my InfoSec heroes, Jayson Street (@jaysonstreet). Turns out he was in Seattle and I was able to sit down and talk with him for a good 30 minutes at Top Pot Doughnuts before being joined by Barry Dorrans (@blowdart) These guys, both at the top of their respective fields, are straight-up inspiring with their energy and…
November 7, 2016
Determining whether or not Google or any other service provider is wrong to watch or track you is strictly a personal matter between you and them. The outrage many people have about being tracked or watched is not necessarily directed at Google or Facebook but at other parties with whom they never agreed to share this information and who don’t have any business acquiring it. If and when you elect…
