This
scam is not as dangerous as SWATting, but could lead to some serious
confrontations.
Denver
homeowner's house listed as for-rent on Craigslist (and it's
definitely not)
The Chens closed on their first home in Park Hill
in May. As recent as June 5, a Craigslist ad was posted listing
Chen's home for-rent. The ad used a similar description for the home
as the one used
to list it as "for-sale" on online real estate listing
services.
Chen said they noticed something was off as soon
as they started moving in.
… Over the last two weeks, Chen said she and
her husband have gotten a few door rings and knocks and people
milling outside the home.
“Finally, someone who came to the door asking us
if the house was for rent decided to show us the Craigslist ad saying
that it was for rent,” Chen said. “I was like, 'That's our
house.' Sure enough, the pictures were the same, anything you can
find on Zillow or Redfin.”
… Chen sent an email to the alleged scammer
who had listed her home on Craigslist.
The alleged scammer responded to Chen with: “I
AM DEAF, and I have been transferred out of state for job on a
contract, am spending 2 - 3 years and am planning to buy another
house over here., I want you to know that you are free to go to the
house and view the vicinity but you wont be able to go in because the
keys are with me here. If you like the house we can now move forward
on how to get key sent to you.... I'm ready to accept either monthly
or upfront mode of payment.. Depending on the one you're most
Comfortable with.”
I’m
not sure what the law says here in Colorado. Same rules for medical
and recreational pot? How easy is it for employers/insurers/etc. to
connect you to your pot buying records?
California Weed Dispensaries Can Legally Sell Customer Information to Data Brokers
Daniel
Oberhaus reports:
In states with legal weed things are a bit different today. Every gram of legal weed is tracked using sophisticated surveillance networks and many dispensaries keep meticulous records of their customers’ information, including their phone number and address, even if they aren’t required to by law. Privacy groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation are concerned this customer data may be sold to third-party data brokers or handed over to federal law enforcement officers.
Some states with legal pot, such as Oregon and Alaska, have explicitly prohibited the collection and sale of cannabis customer data. But until recently the privacy implications of legal pot have mostly gone unchecked in California, which is expected to become home to the largest marijuana industry in the United States.
Read more on Motherboard.
SWIFT lost some of its glamour because of the
Bangladesh hack, even though it probably was the bank’s fault.
Still, the potential to lose a billion dollars woke up lots of
players.
Ripple and
Swift slug it out over cross-border payments
… Ripple caused a stir in the payments
industry in April by teaming up with Banco Santander to launch a
service based on its blockchain messaging technology that allows the
Spanish bank’s customers in the UK, Spain, Poland and Brazil to
send money in many currencies around the world.
Perspective. Yes, war is a bad idea. Most likely
in my estimation: Scenario Three, the North Korean government
collapses.
Here’s
Exactly Why War With North Korea Would Be Hell, According To New War
Games
If war erupts with North Korea, then the U.S.
military will have problems, according to a series
of war games conducted by the RAND Corporation.
Not all disruptions go smoothly.
Santa
Barbara City Impounds Ride-Share Scooters
Santa Barbara awoke [Friday] morning to about 100
electric scooters lining Downtown State Street sidewalks. The
company Lime Bike, based in San Mateo, CA, placed the electric
scooters despite conversations with City Officials about existing
Municipal Code regulations that conflict with the scooter deployment.
“We see the electric scooter share as potentially having
transportation and economic vitality benefits to the City. But we
are also concerned about the safety of our citizens and their use of
the scooters,” said Rebecca Bjork, Public Works Director.
Electric scooters are placed on the sidewalk with
onboard indicators to use a phone app to pay for and use it. When
done with a ride, the user leaves the scooter and it becomes ready
for the next user. The phone app lets users know where to find a
scooter, among other information.
… Although riding an electric scooter by state
law requires a helmet, the companies typically do not provide them.
… While City staff stressed to the staff at
Lime Bike the importance working with the Santa Barbara community and
working within the process, it has chosen to put scooter out on the
street [Friday]. The City notified Lime Bike immediately by phone
and in writing that scooters will be impounded [Friday] at 1:00pm.
The impounding [was in process Friday afternoon] and is being
conducted by Public Works with assistance as needed from the Police
Department.
(Related)
Bye-bye,
Bird? Denver starts impounding dockless electric scooters
True to its word, Denver Public Works is
impounding the electric scooters that have created a minor
controversy in the city.
Denver officials —one wearing a vest emblazoned
with the words "Denver Special Police" — were spotted
Thursday confiscating a Bird scooter at 17th Avenue and North
Broadway. DPW issued a statement Friday stating it had ordered the
companies to remove them from public right of ways. Today the agency
confirmed it is confiscating the scooters if they are left unattended
on sidewalks or other public areas.
Inevitable.
Spotify Has
Started Licensing Songs From Artists, Completely Cutting Out Labels
The way it currently works, you can make it onto
Spotify or any other streaming service by being signed to a label or
going through a distribution service such as DistroKid or CD Baby.
Spotify is looking to change that. According to a report by
Billboard,
Spotify is attempting to go straight to the artist and their
managers.
Billboard says Spotify has begun
licensing songs directly from artists and paying them "several
hundred thousand dollars" for their tracks and then paying both
the artists and managers a lower royalty rate afterward.
The upside to that is that despite the lower
royalty rate, it's just the artist and their manager keeping all the
money and not any being lost to a label.
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