Author name: Rebecca Morris

Rebecca is a science and technology writer based in Minnesota. In a former life, she was a professional philosopher.

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What You Should Do After T-Mobile’s Most Recent Data Breach

T-Mobile has yet again suffered a data breach, this time affecting 37 million customers. The company reported in a press release that criminals pilfered customer names, addresses, email addresses, dates of birth and account numbers by abusing a piece of software called an API that allows computer programs to talk to each other.  T-Mobile emphasized …

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SimpleLogin Review: An Easy Way to Protect your Email Address

Note: I was not paid to write this review, and this post does not contain affiliate links. I’m writing it because I really like the service and think more people should know about it! It’s a familiar story. You sign up for an account with a website and hand over your email address. Sometime later, …

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What the Twitter Data Leak Means for You

Private information from over 200 million Twitter users has been published on a popular hacking forum for anyone to download. The data includes users’ email addresses and public information, such as account names and handles. The data was likely obtained in 2021 after bad actors exploited a vulnerability in Twitter’s software. The flaw meant they …

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