Some police departments are now using predictive software that allows them to monitor and track people based on individual, computer-generated “threat scores.” A “threat score” can be thought of as law enforcement’s version of a credit score. However, whereas credit scores are used to assess your financial risk to creditors; threat scores measure your personal […]
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Evidently, Facebook’s goal of connecting everyone on Earth includes eliminating their reliance on phone numbers for calling each other. If Facebook has its way, phone numbers will be going the way of the dinosaurs – into the dustbin of history. David Marcus, Facebook’s vice president in charge of instant messaging applications, posted his predictions for […]
A professional bail bondsman and bounty hunter has been arrested and is being held on two counts of murder over the disappearance of two teenage boys in Indianapolis, Indiana on Christmas Eve. Kevin Watkins, 49, was charged for the murders of Dionne Williams, 16, and Timmee Jackson, 15, after Dionne’s mother, Amber Partlow, discovered gruesome […]
Before deciding to hire a nanny or other caregiver for a family member, make sure not to skimp on the criminal background check and always personally verify all references for an applicant. Care.com is a Massachusetts-based business that markets itself as the largest web site for finding and hiring nannies and other family caregivers. The […]
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In this era of big data, you never know where your personal information is going to turn up next or who will find it and use it. It was revealed this week that computer security investigator and “white hat” hacker, Chris Vickery, discovered a freely accessible online database that contains the personal information on people […]
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