February 26, 2025 - A new wave of text message scams is hitting phones across the U.S., demanding payment for bogus unpaid tolls. The scheme, which has been reported in multiple states, impersonates official toll services and tricks consumers into handing over personal and financial information.

February 24, 2025 - A new, highly sophisticated scam is targeting 1.8 billion Gmail users, exploiting artificial intelligence (AI) to create convincing robocalls and phishing emails that can bypass security filters. Experts warn that this scam has the potential to cause significant financial and reputational damage to victims, making it crucial for users to be aware and take preventive measures.

February 19, 2025 - Over the past couple of weeks there have been a flurry of news reports regarding Elon Musk and his DOGE team being given access to the personally identifiable information (PII) of virtually everyone living in the United States. Mainstream media and Democrat politicians have been nearly catatonic over DOGE’s access to US Treasury and Social Security payment systems. And a number of lawsuits have been filed to try to stop their access. But the truth is that DOGE isn’t being given access to any information that isn’t already available to anyone who really wants it, and all of the hysterics are really pretty ridiculous.

February 14, 2025 - Last month, we published an article warning about the privacy risks associated with DeepSeek, a China-based artificial intelligence chatbot. That article, titled Use of DeepSeek May Be the Best Way to Become a Victim of Identity Theft, outlined how DeepSeek collects excessive user data and poses a serious threat to personal privacy.

February 7, 2025 - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is coming under scrutiny for its use of facial recognition technology to identify gun owners. Recent reports indicate that the agency has conducted hundreds of facial recognition searches, raising serious concerns about personal privacy, civil liberties, and potential violations of federal laws prohibiting a national gun registry.

January 31, 2025 - A growing number of Americans are falling into a dangerous debt trap by making only the minimum payments on their credit cards—a decision that can cost them thousands of dollars in the long run. Financial experts warn that this practice is a key indicator of economic stress and could have severe consequences for households struggling to keep up with rising costs.

January 30, 2025 - Late last week, an announcement came out of China about a company named DeepSeek. It's an AI company that's developed an application very similar to ChatGPT. The company is claiming that it can provide Superior results to ChatGPT at 1/30th of the cost. That claim sent other AI Company stock prices into a tailspin this week. At the same time, millions of Americans rushed to both the Apple and Google app stores to download DeepSeek to their phones. Those downloads could be extremely dangerous.

January 26, 2025 - Artificial intelligence-driven traffic cameras, already in use in the United Kingdom and Australia, are set to expand their reach into the United States, raising significant privacy and oversight questions for American drivers.