Is your online data really secure? As we increasingly use the Internet to manage personal information, the stakes are getting higher for ensuring you have a strong enough password. A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology, reported by CNN, has found that the safest passwords should contain at least 12 characters. At 12 [...]

So you’re on Facebook and you’re already careful about what information you post, but is that enough anymore? Facebook recently announced that it would be providing user’s information to third party websites. This would be done with cookies from Facebook. If users are highly informed and proactive they can remove third-parties’ access to their profiles, [...]

This week, March 7-13, marks the 12th Annual National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW). The purpose of this week is to encourage consumers to be more knowledgeable about what their law-protected rights are as consumers. Digging a little deeper into the consumer.gov website, I found many useful tools consumers should use to educate themselves on a [...]

I’m a bus rider and when I’m waiting outside in the frigid Wisconsin cold, I would love to know how soon the next bus will get there. Is it running late or right on time? Well, Professor Jingnesh Patel at The University of Wisconsin-Madison has developed technology for smart phones and laptops that can provide [...]

Can a person still share personal information with friends but keep it private from professional contacts and strangers in the age of the internet? Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, the most popular social networking site, doesn’t seem to think so. In an interview with TechCrunch.com, Zuckerberg argues that users offering more personal info is the [...]