The next time you approve a friend request on Facebook, it could determine whether your future loan applications are accepted or rejected. Facebook wants to take the old proverb “birds of a feather flock together” and use it to crowdsource your credit score. The world’s most powerful social network received a new patent to do […]
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The internet is awash in easily findable personal data and sometimes this information ends up in the hands of criminals who use it in identity theft scams. According to The Florida Center For Investigative Reporting, two Miami-based drug dealers obtained personal information from a popular people search site for use in a tax refund scam. According […]
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In July, we reported on the sale of Intelius, a leading people search and background check company, to private equity firm H.I.G Capital. This month it was announced that Intelius has bought Classmates for a reported $30 million. For people who don’t know, Classmates.com was the original classmate reunion site before there was Facebook. Intelius […]
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Social networks like LinkedIn are always coming up with new ways to help people search for, find and connect with one another. LinkedIn’s new people search app called “Lookup” is a quick employee directory that lets you find your fellow coworkers and do background research on them. The LinkedIn Lookup app could make your company’s […]
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The facial recognition technology that is used by surveillance cameras, smartphones and social media sites can be fooled by a simple pair of plastic glasses that use a semi-transparent visor to distort people’s facial features. Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of Informatics have invented a “Privacy Visor” that can foil facial recognition devices and software […]
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