Category: Gotchas

All kinds of perils on the Internet that can “get you” and that you need to know about. Gotcha!

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Google Maps Street View Leads to Divorce

Author: Anne P. Mitchell 10/23/2018 Leave a comment
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About the Amazon Purchase Limit Policy You Didn’t Know You Lived Under

Author: Anne P. Mitchell 8/12/2015 25 Comments
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What is Google Alphabet? It’s Google’s New Parent Company – But the Domain Belongs to BMW

Author: Anne P. Mitchell 8/11/2015 Leave a comment
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List of Numbers that Telemarketers Use to Call You

Author: Anne P. Mitchell 7/7/2015 11 Comments
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Site Reads and Explains Terms of Service for You

Author: Anne P. Mitchell 11/12/2014 1 Comment
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Issue with Quickbooks Can Cause Under-Reporting of 1099 Income

Author: Anne P. Mitchell 2/20/2014 Leave a comment
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People Who Comment on Your Facebook Posts Aren’t Always Your Friends

Author: Anne P. Mitchell 12/4/2013 1 Comment
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Positive Pregnancy Tests for Sale on Craigslist and eBay

Author: Anne P. Mitchell 9/2/2013 Leave a comment
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How the HR Industry’s Candidate Management Systems Might Not Be Working For Everybody

Author: Anne P. Mitchell 2/28/2013 Leave a comment
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Rickrolling: The Benign Form Of Phishing That’s Never Gonna Give You Up While It Teaches Online Security

Author: Anne P. Mitchell 2/26/2013 Leave a comment
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Loyalty Frequent Shopper Card Programs Gaining Access to Your Facebook Profile for Cross-Referencing Your Purchases and Shopping Preferences

Author: Anne P. Mitchell 2/24/2013 1 Comment
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Manti Te’o Sort of Admits to Knowing About the Hoax – Ronaiah Tuiasosopo Confesses to Being the Voice of Fake Girlfriend, Lennay Kekua

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Did You Get a “Warning: Please Slow Down” Captcha When Messaging Someone on Facebook?

Author: Anne P. Mitchell 12/4/2012 21 Comments
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Facebook Privacy Hoax Lulls Users Into False Sense of Security by Using Facebook Status to Declare Copyright on Contents of Their Facebook Accounts

Previous Author 11/27/2012 Leave a comment
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Is GoDaddy Down? Yes, GoDaddy Goes Down, Anonymous Ally Claims Responsibility

Previous Author 9/10/2012 Leave a comment