smarter traveling, driving and spending
Now that your home is getting smarter, with internet-connected heating and cooling, webcams to check on the baby and babysitter, lock or unlock your door remotely, it’s more important than ever to keep hackers out. These tips will help keep the digital version of breaking-and-entering from creating mayhem, even endangering the health and safety of
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Scam alert. I’ve been getting a barrage of fraudulent holiday emails from senders claiming to be Amazon, Paypal, Costco, Starbucks, Pandora. Protect yourself from becoming a victim of identity theft, or a computer virus like ransomware. Always identify a sender as legit before clicking on any link. Email security is important 24/7, and even more
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The 2016 models are being replaced by the 2017s. If you are considering a new car, SUV, crossover or pick-up, these tips will save you money when you buy, or when you trade-in Old Breakdown for a new model. These are all links to articles ecoXplorer Evelyn Kanter has written for top outlets including US
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Scam alert: beware of Haiti relief charity frauds. The images of the devastation in Haiti from Hurricane Matthew are beyond belief. Once again, we warn you about fraudulent charities and the creeps and con artists all too ready to take advantage of your willingness to help. We haven’t heard of any Haiti relief charity frauds
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See that highway billboard? Even if you ignore it, that billboard may be watching you, via secret cameras that track you and sell the information to advertisers. These new high-tech spying billboards use tracking technology called “RADAR”. On-board cameras already watch those around us to warn about a driver approaching our blind spot or slowing
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Scam Alert: Don’t let a romance scam break your heart this Valentine’s Day, even steal your life savings. The scammers and fraudsters know that online dating websites see a surge in sign-ups between New Year’s Day and Valentine’s Day, and are busy trolling for lonely men and women, especially older people living alone. Whether you
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Happy New Year 2016. As we look back on 2015, the top stories on on ecoXplorer viewed most often were warnings and advisories about scams and frauds, including travel and cyber security, and best new car buys under $25,000. So we’ll try to bring you more stories like that in 2016. Here are the ecoXplorer
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Comparison shopping for the best prices is not enough. You should shop around also for the best return policy. There’s no such thing as “many happy returns” after the holidays. These tips will save you time and money, along with stress. The good news is that customer loyalty has prompted many retailers to extend and
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Scam alert: Identity thieves are shopping for your information this holiday season. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center receives 300,000 complaints a year, totaling $800 million in losses. Use these cyber security tips to protect yourself. As many as 60% of Millennial mobile device users and 42% of all smartphone and tablet users will be
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Travel news to know: Budget airline Frontier has just dropped it’s toll-free customer service number to save money, and a European airline wants to weigh us before boarding. Frontier hopes to save about $2 million a year by dropping the 800-number, which an executive says “will help keep fares low””. According to the Denver Post,
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