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Archive of News from WirelessEd, in reverse chronological order.
- Headlines | What to do if your financial information is stolen. Contrary to what movies portray, the most common crimes are not Taken-style abductions or home invasions, but the theft of personal information. "The most effective…
- Headlines | After Equifax hack, calls for big changes In credit reporting. The Equifax security breach — the largest known theft of Social Security numbers in history — has lawmakers, prosecutors and identity theft victims angry with…
- Headlines | Waiting to upgrade to the iPhone 8? You’re not alone. We all know the drill: Each year, Apple introduces a new iPhone, and eager buyers rush to pick it up. At least, that's how it…
- Headlines | AT&T’s race against time to save its TV business. On Wednesday, AT&T told regulators that it expects to finish the quarter with about 90,000 fewer TV subscribers than it began with. AT&T blamed a number of…
- Headlines | Making the lives of cybercriminals and spies harder online. As a cybersecurity reporter, what do you do to secure your technology setup? Online, I make sure to use two-factor authentication whenever it is available.…
- Headlines | Monopoly Man photobombs Senate hearing on Equifax. The Monopoly Man made an appearance at the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the massive Equifax data breach. Wearing a top hat, monocle, and white…
- Headlines | Best Buy bets on adults remotely monitoring aging parents. By 2020, 45 million Americans will be caring for 117 million seniors. The retailer offers a $29 monthly monitoring service using internet-connected gear. Jane Helgesen…
- Headlines | Deciding the right path for shielding your credit report. In response to the breach, Equifax is now offering a year of free credit monitoring through its identity-theft prevention service, TrustedID Premier. The service gives…
- Headlines | Equifax calls for free credit locks. Experian’s reply? Nope.. When Equifax’s recently retired chief executive, Richard F. Smith, appeared before a panel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday, he held himself out…
- Headlines | 3 weeks later, Equifax makes a peace offering. For some time, the credit reporting industry has been quietly attempting to change the behavior of consumers who wish to protect their own data: They…
- Headlines | Replacing touch ID with face ID is a worse idea than you think. Face ID, as the name implies, uses four sensors embedded in the front of the iPhone X to scan a user’s face and then unlock…
- Headlines | Equifax says vulnerability behind breach; FTC confirms investigation. It’s been a week since credit reporting agency Equifax admitted it had lost sensitive personal data for 143 million American consumers — one of the…
- Headlines | Equifax’s free credit freeze won’t fully protect you, here’s what to do. In the days since the credit reporting firm Equifax disclosed the breach of 143 million consumers’ private financial data, howls of outrage have only grown…
- Headlines | With a $1,000 price tag, Apple’s iPhone crosses a threshold. When Apple unveils its new top-of-the-line iPhone on Tuesday, it isn’t just expected to offer features like infrared facial recognition and wireless charging for the…
- Headlines | How to wipe a computer clean of personal data. Before selling, donating, or recycling your outdated laptop, protect your privacy with this important step.
- Headlines | Fifth Third Bank launches student loan repayment app. The Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank has introduced the Fifth Third Momentum app that is meant to assist student loan borrowers in repaying their student loans,…
- Headlines | Equifax says cybersecurity incident could affect 143 million consumers. Equifax said it discovered the breach on July 29. "Criminals exploited a U.S. website application vulnerability to gain access to certain files," the company explained.…
- Headlines | Uber will stop tracking riders after they are dropped off. Uber's controversial policy of tracking riders after the trip ends is officially over! The ride-hailing company confirmed the news on Tuesday, amid attempts to fix…
- Headlines | 35 % of Americans are enrolled in auto pay — and It’s news to them. Tempted to give that new streaming service or gym membership a trial run? Be sure to read the fine print. According to a new survey…
- Headlines | 3 myths that could tank your credit score. Myth No. 1: Closing out credit card accounts will boost your score Many people assume that if they close out a bunch of credit card…
- News Video | The FCC moved to undo net neutrality. So what’s next?. The Federal Communications Commission voted May 18 to begin undoing Obama-era Internet regulations that disallowed Internet providers from favoring or blocking websites. Here's what's next…
- Headlines | Meet the sometime streamer. Cost-conscious and empowered by the Internet's convenience-at-a-click mentality, these consumers take advantage of free trials, no-contract commitments and the media industry's own struggle in the face…
- Headlines | Freedom from cable isn’t free. In the old days of video streaming — that is, not so long ago — consumers could cut the cable cord and subscribe to one…
- Headlines | There’s money to be made in taking complaints. A new breed of human resources start-ups is cropping up to help companies figure out how their employees feel. Like Glint, Convercent lets companies send…
- Headlines | 2017s most common travel scams & how to avoid them. Anyone who is well travelled will tell you that, regardless of how prepared you are for your journey, it’s likely that you’ll come across a…
- Headlines | Republicans introduce bills to scrap new bank arbitration rule. Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate have introduced bills calling for the repeal of a just-announced regulation that would make it easier for consumers…
- Headlines | Lawmakers call for a net neutrality faceoff between Google and Comcast. For years, tech companies and Internet providers have been at each others' throats on Internet policy — and net neutrality especially. Now, House Republicans are teeing…
- Press Releases | Consumer Action condemns the House’s vote to repeal class actions. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution (H.J. Res. 111) today to repeal the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule to restore consumers’…
- Press Releases | Consumer Action opposes Congress’s attack on class actions. Members of both the U.S. House and Senate took a hatchet to consumer protection today by introducing Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolutions to repeal the Consumer…
- Headlines | Hiring a bank lawyer to attack CFPB bank rules. President Trump and Republicans in Congress have broadcast their every intention to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The president’s budget attempted to defund it…
- Headlines | Voters support CFPB, strict financial regulation. As Republicans push to overhaul Dodd-Frank, a new poll shows that voters favor strict regulation of financial institutions and the goals of the controversial CFPB.…
- Headlines | Customer records for millions Of Verizon subscribers exposed. A cyber security firm says information for at least 14 million Verizon residential and small business wireline customers was found on an unsecured web server,…
- Headlines | New rule bans restrictive arbitration clauses in bank contracts. If you have a bank account, chances are your bank has a contract clause that requires you to go through arbitration if you feel you've…
- Headlines | Net neutrality day to protest FCC’s proposed rollback. Google, Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, and 80,000 other top websites and organizations have joined together for a "Day of Action" to protest a retreat from the…
- Headlines | FCC urged to take tougher action to stop illegal robocalls. In comments filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Friday, Consumers Union, the policy and mobilization arm of Consumer Reports, and other leading consumer groups…
- Headlines | Doctor on demand: Reviving the house call. The trend for on-demand service in the age of Uber could revive the house call.
- Press Releases | Consumer Action responds to today’s GAO report on Lifeline. Ken McEldowney, executive director of Consumer Action, released the following statement today in response to a report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Lifeline program, a program that has provided discounted and no-charge phone service for low-income Americans for over three decades.
- Headlines | What to know if you maxed out a credit card and stopped paying. If you’re poor — making less than $550 a week — or relying on Social Security, veteran’s benefits, or disability payments, you can’t be forced…
- Headlines | Why Comcast and Verizon are clamoring to be regulated. Some of the nation's biggest Internet service providers are begging a court not to weaken the power of a major regulatory agency — the Federal Trade…
- Headlines | New, cheaper ways to watch TV. Thanks to a growing number of streaming services, consumers now have unprecedented TV-watching options
- Headlines | Trump chooses democrat who backed net neutrality for FCC. Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel was chosen to return to the Federal Communications Commission, where she supported net neutrality rules and stricter media ownership limits that now…
- Headlines | Trump wants to hide your complaints about Wall Street. The U.S. Department of the Treasury formally recommended that Congress and the White House stop public access to a database that collects consumer complaints about financial companies,…
- Headlines | Verizon has acquired Yahoo, will combine with AOL. Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) said on Tuesday it closed its $4.48 billion acquisition of Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O) core business and that Marissa Mayer, chief executive…
- Headlines | Is AI the end of jobs or a new beginning?. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is advancing so rapidly that even its developers are being caught off guard.
- Headlines | Hackers hide cyberattacks in social media posts. It took only one attempt for Russian hackers to make their way into the computer of a Pentagon official. But the attack didn’t come through…
- Headlines | Court weighs whether Trump can say “You’re fired!” to consumer watchdog. In a packed courtroom at the U.S. District Court of Appeals, the 11 judges peppered the attorneys for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and mortgage…
- Headlines | America’s dangerous Internet delusion. The United States may have escaped most digital damage from this month’s unleashing of a global “ransomware” virus, though cyber-experts fear more attacks. The unmistakable…
- Headlines | Google wants to be everywhere with everyone. Seven of its products — including Search, YouTube and Maps — have more than a billion users each. Google’s ambition is to knit all those…
- Headlines | How to protect yourself from a global ransomware attack. Security experts are bracing for more fallout from Friday's worldwide WannaCry ransomware attack, which has so far affected more than 150 countries and major businesses…
- Headlines | Robocalls flooding your phone? Here’s how to stop them. An unfamiliar number appears on your cellphone. It’s from your area code, so you answer it, thinking it might be important. There is an unnatural…
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