Computer and Network Privacy Tips

Using Social Media for Background Check Purposes

Using SMNs to screen employees

There is a fine line between Facebook stalking and using social media networks (SMN) to gather pertinent information to do either a background check or a screen on a potential employee. There is Monster.com, Linkedin.com, or the fifty other professional/career building social media outlets, but those kinds of sites are streamlined for the employer for [...]

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Your Surfing and Email Habits May be Identity Theft Magnets!

Your surfing and email habits may be setting you up for a serious case of identity theft!

//Now Streaming It’s not that bizarre of a situation… it’s the next scam to get you. Maybe you’ve heard of the television show High Stakes Sweepers on TLC? It’s a show about people who, as a hobby, enjoy entering various sweepstakes through mail in requests, instant wins, and via email. They win cash prizes… vehicles… [...]

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What to shred? A User Friendly Guide to Identity Theft Protection With a Paper Shredder

Avoiding Background Checks by Protecting Your Identity

//Now Streaming by TJKacir With Black Friday sales ringing as early as 12:01am Friday, one of the unlikely buys many are choosing to give as stocking stuffers for the upcoming holidays are paper shredders.  I know, if you didn’t get one this morning you still have time before Christmas arrives (you don’t all have to [...]

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Secure Your Home Network or Suffer The Consequences

Background checks and home router security are not that different.

Now Streaming// by Cameron Teal You may think this story doesn’t start out very threatening, and I will admit that it’s nerdy; but the reality that it draws attention to is indeed frightening.  You will likely be shocked at how exposed you and your neighbors have been without even knowing it. If you don’t protect [...]

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Protect Your Privacy on Public Computers and Upgrade a Work Mobile at The Expense of Your Office

Protect Your Privacy on Public Computers and Upgrade a Work Mobile at The Expense of Your Office

Now Streaming// Gainful employment, finally. The bad news is you will be traveling 300 days of the year.  On top of that you will be the lowest head on the totem pole for the next three years and won’t be eligible to carry around a company laptop/ipad for just as long. But hey, you get an [...]

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