[Updated 05/15/2015]
Last year, Epsilon, a large provider of email services to many well-known companies (such as Chase, JP Morgan, JC Penny, Best Buy, and others) was hacked and private information was stolen. A very large number of people were affected by this.
The good news was, the only thing the baddies took were names and email addresses, not bank card or social security numbers. So your core privacy is still intact.
But what many saw was a fallout from the thievery in the form of increased junk mail (spam), and even phishing emails.
It’s that latter that you need to worry about, and since it might have been a while since you’ve heard about “phishing”, we thought this might be an ideal time for a reminder.
So, on the way down to Lincoln, Nebraska, to teach a class, I recorded a short, 5 minute Windshield Webcast about phishing, that you might find helpful.
To start the audio program, just click the arrow button you see at the right of the player bar here…
And be sure to leave us a comment. We’d love to hear your experiences with phishing emails!
Thanks for the phishing information.
Not a problem, Margaret… It really burns me when I see honest folks get taken by Internet scammers, so I’m always looking for opportunities to keep people informed.
Thanks for the clairification on phishing. I get your audios better than the videos which are annoying because they ‘cut out’ afer a minute or so. The audios do a bit, but it feels more like a pause. With the videos, do I need more RAM? Or do I need to go up to Broadband from DSLite?
Hi Shirley… Thanks for leaving the comment. Glad you were able to hear the audio program OK. I might start doing more audio blogs for just the reason you state.
And with regards to the “pausing” problem… Video tends to be “big”. On my end, I take great pains to balance quality and file size, but even so, the video files tend to be large, and therefore they DO work better on a faster connection. So yes, upgrading to a faster broadband account would give you better “streaming video” (which is what it’s called). The audio works better because the files are smaller (they are still pretty big, but a lot smaller than video).
Anyway, thanks again… glad you got something useful out of the program.
Thanks for the information on phishing. Good to know.
Hi John, Your Windshield Webcast about phishing came through in good order. Except for a little road rumble or engine noise in the background your voice came through very well. I’m listening still. Charlie Stoll