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- Refunding $10 million after tech support scam
- Bitcoin + online chain referral = illegal scheme
- Watch out for these new tax scams
- Welcome to National Consumer Protection Week 2018
- The top frauds of 2017
- Tips for using peer-to-peer payment systems and apps
- Plan to tune in: #NCPW2018 Facebook Live chats
- Phishers send fake invoices
- Shopping for a VPN app? Read this.
- Scam spotted thanks to a clever store clerk
- If your kids have electronic devices, read this
- Buying or selling a “smart” home? Read this.
- ‘Tis the season for stopping robocalls
- Get rid of unwanted apps
- Researchers find bug in Wi-Fi network encryption
- Shopping for airfare deals
- Let’s focus on cybersecurity for small businesses
- Tech-savvy seniors get online
- Celebrate National Cyber Security Awareness Month
- Apps to stop robocalls
- Security smarts for smartwatches
- What’s affiliate marketing? Should I care?
- If influencers are paid, they must disclose it
- Lenovo adware created security holes
- Uber settles with FTC over privacy and data security promises
- Battling ticket bots
- Here’s a big reason to complain about unwanted calls
- At work on India-based imposter scams
- The Winner of the IoT Home Inspector Challenge is…
- Do you own a business? We want to hear from you.
- The price of free software?
- Ransomware re-do? Back up your files.
- An identity thief stole my phone!
- Amazon offers refunds for unauthorized in-app charges
- How fast will identity thieves use stolen info?
- Fake emails could cost you thousands
- Ransomware worries? Keep up to date.
- Avoid a tech trap
- New FTC website helps small businesses
- Is that post #sponsored?
- There’s no Nintendo Switch emulator
- Free movies, costly malware
- The FTC won’t offer to fix your computer
- Calls asking “Can you hear me now?”
- Product reviews: you’re free to speak your mind
- VIZIO Settlement: Smart TVs should not track your shows without your O.K.
- The FTC’s sobering truth about Breathometer
- Looking back at privacy in 2016, and on to the future
- Don’t pay for a car with Amazon gift cards. Ever.
- FTC sues D-Link over router and camera security flaws
- Announcing the Internet of Things Home Inspector Challenge
- Yahoo customer service scam
- Fake “FTC investigation” email making the rounds again
- There’s an app for that (but it might be fake)
- Getting tracked online even after you try to stop it
- Online shopping for the holidays? Check this list.
- FTC presses Aura over blood pressure app
- FTC sends $88 million in mobile cramming refunds
- What you need to know to secure your IoT devices
- How to defend against ransomware
- DMCA security research exemption for consumer devices
- Electronics buyback scam taken offline
- 3 videos to help you be #CyberAware
- Who's stalking: what to know about mobile spyware
- Yahoo breach? Watch this
- When your computer life is held for ransom
- What is your phone telling your rental car?
- You want online security tips? We’ve got ‘em.
- Homework for the “smart” home
- Online tracking – more than cookies
- Has your cell phone fallen for a smooth operator?
- Password breaches – What to do
- Identity theft… by mobile phone
- Official-sounding calls about an email hack
- Telemarketer 3: Rise of the Robocalls
- Lord & Taylor’s fashion faux posts
- Got an ASUS router at home? Read this.
- Protect Your Computer from Malware (video)
- Online Reviews and Recommendations (video)
- Is your baby monitor secure?
- Thousands of consumers downloaded a browser-based game. You'll never guess what happened next.
- Trust, love, password sharing?
- “Brain training” with Lumosity — does it really work?
- Companies pay for collecting kids’ information without permission
- LifeLock agrees to pay $100 million for allegedly violating FTC order
- What’s worse than stale coffee? Stale Java.
- What’s the deal with “Rachel from Card Services”? Your top 3 questions answered.
- FTC: Video reviews of Xbox One were deceptive
- Buying a do-it-yourself medical device? Think again.
- Scam du jour: Chip card scams
- Your online life after death
- Gamers: Avoid the phishing hook
- Free phones for veterans? Not quite.
- Unwanted software can cause unwelcome problems
- Is that online review true? Watch this video.
- Securing Your Wireless Network
- Malware
- Laptop Security Bookmark
- Hacked Email: What to Do (video)
- Hijacked Computer: What to Do (video)
- Back It Up: Don't Lose Your Digital Life (video)
- Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online (video)
- What To Do If You Get a Robocall (video)
- Call me maybe?
- Technology tips for domestic violence and stalking victims
- Robocalls Gone Wrong
- Can a video game app improve your vision? Let’s see…
- Before paying with bitcoins…
- A Text Message Mess
- Is your phone a prized possession?
- Mile-high collaboration
- Shopping Online with Virtual Currencies Infographic
- Paying your friends through an app? Read this.
- Can your app really do that?
- Does your app know where you are?
- Technology tips for domestic violence and stalking victims
- Hotel Wi-Fi: Weigh the risk
- Fast-talk from Straight Talk and others about unlimited data
- Happy Data Privacy Day!
- Is that gadget internet-connected?
- Does that ABC app track your child?
- Refunds for customers crammed by T-Mobile
- FTC rings up its 2014 list of holiday shopping tips
- FTC sues AT&T for limiting “unlimited data”
- AT&T’s $105 million “cramming” settlement leads to refunds
- Be smart about your phone
- A bitcoin breakdown
- Staying current: Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
- Answering the call about mobile tech
- Kids under 13 can’t Yelp it
- Parents have power over companies cAPPtivating kids
- Let’s talk about online safety
- Kids’ in-app spending on Android? Parents didn’t app-rove
- Is your shopping buddy app-y?
- Apps to Help You Shop in Stores
- How to say scram to crammed charges on your mobile bill
- New report highlights recommendations to protect consumers from mobile cramming
- Playing with Fire
- Hiding in plain sight?
- A scam-free vacation
- Whoa there! Watch out for cell phone ‘credit muling’
- Snap. Chat. Delete?
- Happy Mother’s Day from the FTC
- FTC’s Complaint Assistant: we’re going mobile
- Checking up on consumer generated health information
- Apple refunds
- How secure is that mobile app?
- Tips for Using Public Wi-Fi Networks
- Random text? Wait, wait, don’t click that!
- Random text message? No real prize is waiting for you
- When your phone speaks volumes
- "One-ring” cell phone scam can ding your wallet
- A text message that’s no prize
- Malware
- Phone Scams
- Data Privacy: Taking It Personally
- FTC’s ‘Net Cetera’ Advises Parents on How to Talk to Their Kids About Internet Use
- The New Net Cetera: Hot off the Press
- An In-App Surprise: How to Lose Hundreds in 15 Minutes
- This is an A and B conversation so C your way to the privacy seminar
- How to Beat a Mobile Cramming Scam
- Sharing Your Location… In a Flash
- Cramming: Mystery Phone Charges
- Mystery Phone Charges
- The “Internet of Things”
- How Some Companies Get a Sneak Peek at Your Life … Literally
- Oh…Is This An Ad?
- A Text Twist on Debt Collection
- Vexing Texts
- A False Lens of Security
- Back to School Smarts
- Check Your Phone Bill Day
- Don‘t Text Back
- Using IP Cameras Safely
- Can the Spam Texts (And Robocalls)
- Got Kids Under 13?
- Going Mobile
- Give Dad the Gift of Cyberspeak
- FTC to Webcast Mobile Cramming Roundtable
- FTC’s Mobile Cramming Roundtable Agenda
- FTC Seeks Your Input for Mobile Cramming Roundtable May 8th
- A Tech Tip for Earth Day
- All Things Connected
- Is Your Mobile Bill a Cram Sandwich?
- Disposing of Your Mobile Device
- If They’re App-y and You Know It
- Keeping up with Kids' Apps Infographic
- The Truth About Cell Phones and the National Do Not Call Registry
- Developing Mobile Apps? Watch it. (Our New Video, That Is).
- New Research: Teens and Technology
- Bogus Text Message Prize Offers
- Text Message Spam
- Which HTC Devices Will Get Security Updates?
- Patching Things Up
- On the Wrong Path
- Cell Phones and The Do Not Call Registry
- Data Privacy Day Is January 28th
- FCC and Partners Launch Smartphone Security Checker
- Happy Holiday Shopping
- 6 Timely Tips for Using Apps with Kids
- FCC Releases Small Biz Cyber Planner 2.0
- Getting iPhony Messages?
- New FTC Publication for Mobile App Developers
- How to Keep Your Personal Information Secure
- Texting and Cell Phone Bills
- Got a Video Game System? Then You’ve Got Parental Controls
- Lessons from a Controversial App
- Before Giving to a Charity
- Kids, Parents, and Video Games
- Mobile Devices Roundtable: Identifying Good Privacy and Security Practices
- RoboKiller “kills” at DEF CON
- Stopping unwanted phone calls and text messages
- Advanced password tips and tricks
- Got 3 minutes for computer security?
- Face Facts: A Forum on Facial Recognition
- Zap Acne with Your Smartphone? Your Phone’s Not That Smart
- Cell Phone Radiation Scams
- Kids and Computer Security
- Kids and Mobile Phones
- Kids: Texting and Sexting
- Securing Your Wireless Network
- Shopping for High-Speed Internet Service
- Talk to Your Kids
- Teens
- Understanding Mobile Apps
- Living Life Online
- Share with Care
- Prepaid Phone Cards
- Cybersafety Booklet for Parents and Kids Now Available