Adam Levin

Earlier this month the Federal Trade Commission formally announced a new world order that would provide more privacy options for Internet users. The cornerstone of that proposal is a universal “Do Not Track” mechanism that...

No doubt about it, in today’s turbulent financial times it is a buyer’s market when it comes to getting a job. Employers have access to a virtual cornucopia of qualified talent, all competing for a...

My name is Adam and I own an iPhone. In that regard, I’m not alone. I have about 85 million fellow iPhone “friends.” Sure, that’s about 415 million fewer friends than Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of...

Here’s a news item that makes me sit back and scratch my chin: Colorado lawmakers and regulators are creating the nation’s first surveillance system to track the sale of medical marijuana. The state will...

Study after study shows that identity theft is one of the most devastating crimes an American can experience. That’s particularly true of Social Security theft, a growing threat to U.S. consumers in this, the digital...

Accused identity thief Timothy Barnett is making history in a way he never planned. The Los Angeles con man is the first alleged white-collar criminal ever charged under California’s three-strikes law. He faces 23...

News of Tyler Clementi’s tragic suicide after the teenage Rutgers student was emotionally devastated by an online video brings to mind other cases in which webcams became spying tools, with repugnant consequences. Perhaps the most...

Military identity theft – in which the scum of the earth (read: identity thieves) steal the identities, life savings and futures of our brave soldiers in uniform – has been a big topic recently...

As mentioned previously, I think using a PDA or smartphone to do your personal banking is inherently risky. But if you are compelled to use your Droid/iPhone/BlackBerry as a miniature teller, please take these...

Hail the Gods of Ever More Convenience, but Alas, Beware the Demons of Ever Less Security So there I was, watching TV the other night and suddenly this provocative bank commercial came on. Imagine that…...