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| H1 tags : Web-Related News from Consumerist.comClick here for recent news posts on e-commerce, websites, online shopping. online banking, spyware, malware, and privacy.Social Insecurity: What Millions of Online Users Don't Know Can Hurt ThemTwo out of three online U.S. households use social networks such as Facebook and MySpace, nearly twice as many as a year ago, according to the 2010 Consumer Reports State of the Net survey. But millions who use these services put themselves and their families at risk by exposing very sensitive personal information, according to a national online survey of 2,000 households carried out by the Consumer Reports National Research Center. The June 2010 Consumer Reports article also includes important advice regarding 7 things to stop doing on Facebook.See also: 2009 Consumer Reports State of the Net: Boomtime for Cybercrime2008 Consumer Reports State of the Net: Protect Yourself OnlineWebWatch Produces Consumer Education Video: Gone PhishingConsumer Reports WebWatch proudly presents an animated video, "Gone Phishing," featuring an original song written and performed by singer/songwriter Dean Friedman along with animation by Powerhouse Animation. Download the lyrics here. The video is part of WebWatch’s "Look Before You Click" campaign. WebWatch Report Examines Photos on the WebThe billions of photographs and videos now available on the Web are increasingly difficult to interpret. Were the subjects staged? Was the image manipulated? Was the subject’s privacy respected? WebWatch commissioned a report by NYU professor Fred Ritchin to explore these issues and provide consumers with a useful guide to Web imagery. Download a PDF of the report and read our accompanying blog post. Concerned about a particular Web site? Research Reports Journalism; Fraud; Web Credibility; Financial | |
| H2 tags : Web-Related News from Consumerist.comClick here for recent news posts on e-commerce, websites, online shopping. online banking, spyware, malware, and privacy.Social Insecurity: What Millions of Online Users Don't Know Can Hurt ThemTwo out of three online U.S. households use social networks such as Facebook and MySpace, nearly twice as many as a year ago, according to the 2010 Consumer Reports State of the Net survey. But millions who use these services put themselves and their families at risk by exposing very sensitive personal information, according to a national online survey of 2,000 households carried out by the Consumer Reports National Research Center. The June 2010 Consumer Reports article also includes important advice regarding 7 things to stop doing on Facebook.See also: 2009 Consumer Reports State of the Net: Boomtime for Cybercrime2008 Consumer Reports State of the Net: Protect Yourself OnlineWebWatch Produces Consumer Education Video: Gone PhishingConsumer Reports WebWatch proudly presents an animated video, "Gone Phishing," featuring an original song written and performed by singer/songwriter Dean Friedman along with animation by Powerhouse Animation. Download the lyrics here. The video is part of WebWatch’s "Look Before You Click" campaign. WebWatch Report Examines Photos on the WebThe billions of photographs and videos now available on the Web are increasingly difficult to interpret. Were the subjects staged? Was the image manipulated? Was the subject’s privacy respected? WebWatch commissioned a report by NYU professor Fred Ritchin to explore these issues and provide consumers with a useful guide to Web imagery. Download a PDF of the report and read our accompanying blog post. Concerned about a particular Web site? Research Reports Journalism Photos on the Web: A Consumer’s Guide: Making Sense of Web-based Imagery...view Fraud WebWatch's 'Look Before You Click' Campaign: Grant-Funded Iniative Educates New York Consumers About Internet Fraud...view Web Credibility Experts vs. Online Consumers: A Comparative Credibility Study of Health and Finance Web Sites (Full Report)...view Financial 'Free' Credit Report Sites: Worth the Real Costs? Review of 24 Sites Shows Potential for Consumer Confusion, Unnecessary Services...view BadwareBusters.org Need help with a virus, spyware and other badware on your computer? Visit the BadwareBusters.org community. BadwareBusters.org FrontGroups.org Think you've stumbled across an online Front Group? See if we've already outed it. FrontGroups.org The UnSponsored Link Found a get-rich-quick site that sounds too good to be true? Search our archives. The UnSponsored Link StopBadware.org ; Letters to the Editor; Corrections |
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