How to protect your digital footprint

Here's how and why to delete your personal data from the internet

With data brokers making big money by selling your personal details, it’s never been easier for spammers and scanners to...

New Consumer Report investigates deepfakes and how to protect yourself

Scammers now use powerful AI voice-cloning apps to steal voices or mimic someone you trust to pull of convincing scams. Consumer Reports investigates the rise of deepfakes, revealing how these high-tech scams work and what you can do to protect yourself and your family. Deepfake technology is becoming more convincing every day. Ben Colman, co-founder and CEO of Reality Defender, a deep-fake detection company, says it’s the number one digital ris…

How to protect your digital footprint

Scammers are banking on your digital footprint – the trail of data you create while using the Internet. Consumer Investigator Rachel DePompa talks to a social media expert about how to shut the door before they walk through it.

Silence the Ghosts of Tweets Past

Digital footprints now commonly arrive before us in our present interconnected world. Through Twitter users broadcast their opinions and personal updates as well as brief encounters by using the platform as an online diary accessible to the public. Twitter serves as a powerful connection tool but many users eventually face disadvantages from years of accumulated tweets. People anticipate controlling older Twitter content due to changing viewpoin…