So, 40,000,000 cards
times $9.84 = early retirement!
Deconstructing
the $9.84 Credit Card Hustle
Over the holidays, I
heard from a number of readers who were seeing strange, unauthorized
charges showing up on their credit and debit cards for $9.84. Many
wondered whether this was the result of the
Target breach; I suppose I asked for this, having repeatedly
advised readers to keep a close eye on their bank statements for
bogus transactions. It’s still not clear how consumers’ card
numbers are being stolen here, but the fraud appears to stem from an
elaborate network of affiliate schemes that stretch from Cyprus to
India and the United Kingdom.
… But it is
difficult to escape the conclusion that this is little more than an
elaborate (and probably successful) scam set up to steal little bits
of money from lots and lots of people.
By the way, this is not
a new type of fraud, nor is this particular fraud a recent occurrence
— although the bogus $9.84 charges do appear to have spiked around
the holidays. Most of the domains involved in this scheme were
registered a year ago or more, and a quick search on the amount $9.84
shows that the fraudsters responsible for this scheme have been at it
since at least the first half of 2013.
I'm sure this is a bad
idea. Imagine drivers trying to outdo each other. “I took 'dead
man's curve' at 72 MPH. I'll bet you $100 you can't do better!”
Corvette
will let owners record, share drives
The 2015 Chevrolet
Corvette will have a new system that lets owners record their drives
and share the video with friends.
The system uses a
windshield-mounted camera, a microphone and a recorder to track data.
Drivers can edit the videos to include their speed, location, lap
times and other stats.
Can we find the same
for Android?
– provides effortless
locational privacy when sharing photos. Did you know that GPS
location data is stored within each photo? This invisible,
uneditable geotag data is embedded into every picture and contains
the exact coordinates of where the photo was taken. deGeo is a photo
sharing privacy utility that removes the geotags from your photos.
My, my, my. A not so
subtle dig at the Healthcare.gov. Infographic.
A
Million Lines Of Code: Is It A Lot?
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