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Is eBay Port Scanning Your PC? (Probably)

| | EBay, LexisNexis, port scanning, SB Blogwatch, ThreatMetrix
Using eBay causes your Windows PC’s ports to be scanned—personal data gets silently sent back to the mothership ...
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Sharing Information: A Day in Your Life | Federal Trade Commission

Data Brokers: You Are Being Packaged and Sold

| | Axicom, Cambridge Analytica, Choicepoint, Data Brokers, Data Brokers: You Are Being Packaged and Sold, Data Mining, Epsilon, Equifax, Experian, facebook, , Hackers, How Data Brokers Get Your Information, Information Brokers, LexisNexis, social engineering, T-Mobile, The Dangers and What You Can Do, What are Data Brokers Collecting?, What are Data Brokers?
The recent Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal put a spotlight on the nebulous world of data brokers and data mining. As you shop, browse the Internet, participate in a quiz, subscribe to a ...
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USPS Finally Starts Notifying You by Mail If Someone is Scanning Your Snail Mail Online

USPS Finally Starts Notifying You by Mail If Someone is Scanning Your Snail Mail Online

| | A Little Sunshine, Equifax. Spokeo, Informed Delivery, KBA, LexisNexis, security bloggers network, Security Tools, USPS, Zillow
In October 2017, KrebsOnSecurity warned that ne'er-do-wells could take advantage of a relatively new service offered by the U.S. Postal Service that provides scanned images of all incoming mail before it is ...
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