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Why You Need to Own Where Your Digital Files are Stored

Do You Own Where Your Digital Files are Stored? What would happen if your Google docs disappeared? Or if the material on whatever online publishing platform you use (Medium, Substack, Ghost, etc.) goes away? Or if those accounts got shut down? Creating, sharing, and storing content in the cloud can be so easy. And [...]

By |2024-06-04T11:30:02-04:00June 4th, 2024|Jacquelyn Lynn, Security, Fraud Prevention, Safety, Technology|Comments Off on Why You Need to Own Where Your Digital Files are Stored

Pedestrians: Drivers Can’t See You

Pretending you’re invisible can save your life At least two or three times a week, I see a local news story about a pedestrian getting hit by a car while crossing a street. They're either killed or seriously injured. Sometimes the driver stayed on the scene. Sometimes they left. But that’s not my [...]

By |2023-11-28T10:49:18-05:00November 28th, 2023|Jacquelyn Lynn, Quick Tip, Security, Fraud Prevention, Safety|Comments Off on Pedestrians: Drivers Can’t See You

You Look Familiar—Where Do I Know You From?

A common social engineering trick can make you a victim of fraud When someone tells you that you look familiar, how do you respond? Because we want to be friendly and helpful, most of us will volunteer personal information as we try to figure out the connection. Doing that may put us at risk of [...]

By |2023-03-05T16:10:41-05:00March 5th, 2023|Jacquelyn Lynn, Security, Fraud Prevention, Safety|Comments Off on You Look Familiar—Where Do I Know You From?

Before You Buy From a Website, Read the Terms & Conditions and Policies & Procedures

Not long ago, I published a post about why you should check a website’s About page before you trust the information on the site. The post was inspired by information in Tim Carter’s Ask the Builder newsletter. You can read it here. Another one of my favorite newsletters is from Joe Cannon. He writes about [...]

By |2023-03-03T10:44:53-05:00February 25th, 2023|Jacquelyn Lynn, Security, Fraud Prevention, Safety|Comments Off on Before You Buy From a Website, Read the Terms & Conditions and Policies & Procedures

Before You Trust a Website, Read the About Page

How often do you check the About page of websites you visit? Perhaps the most common reason people visit websites is for advice and information. But how do you know if the advice is good and the information is accurate? One way is to read the About page. I check the About page on most [...]

By |2023-02-17T07:05:08-05:00February 16th, 2023|General Information, Jacquelyn Lynn, Security, Fraud Prevention, Safety|Comments Off on Before You Trust a Website, Read the About Page

Do Your Research Before You Commit and Pay

Recently a friend asked if I’d ever heard of a particular pay-to-publish company that someone she knew was considering as a publisher for a book. I hadn’t, but I decided to see what I could find out. So I Googled two phrases: [company name] scam [company name] reviews In addition to the company’s website, I [...]

By |2021-02-19T13:34:56-05:00February 19th, 2021|Jacquelyn Lynn, Security, Fraud Prevention, Safety, Self-publishing|Comments Off on Do Your Research Before You Commit and Pay

Count the Steps

You Should Know the Number of Steps Do you have stairs in or around your home or workplace? For your safety, know the number of steps in each set of stairs. According to the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, more than 1 million people per year are treated in emergency departments for stair-related injuries. You’ll [...]

By |2020-11-30T12:04:20-05:00November 30th, 2020|Jacquelyn Lynn, Security, Fraud Prevention, Safety, Wow! Did you know?|Comments Off on Count the Steps

Bomb Threat Response

What happens when your child’s school receives a bomb threat? Of course, the children are probably evacuated. But where do they go? When I was growing up, we had fire drills. Alarm bells would clang, and we would be led by our teachers to a designated place away from the building where we would stand [...]

By |2020-08-03T16:15:58-04:00July 5th, 2020|Conversations, Jacquelyn Lynn, Security, Fraud Prevention, Safety|Comments Off on Bomb Threat Response

Does Your House of Worship Need an Armed Guard?

Does your house of worship (church, synagogue, temple, mosque, etc.) need an armed guard to protect members from an active shooter? This excerpt from How to Survive an Active Shooter addresses some of the issues related to protecting houses of worship from possible attacks. It is geared primarily to organizations that do not have the budget [...]

By |2018-10-29T14:55:07-04:00October 29th, 2018|Jacquelyn Lynn, Security, Fraud Prevention, Safety|Comments Off on Does Your House of Worship Need an Armed Guard?

Why You Should Never Try to Call a Loved One in an Active Shooter Situation

You want to know as soon as possible if they’re safe, but why should you never try to call a loved one who is in an active shooter situation? Because that could get them killed. In news stories following the tragic mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, worried parents talked [...]

By |2020-07-15T16:05:43-04:00February 15th, 2018|Jacquelyn Lynn, Security, Fraud Prevention, Safety|Comments Off on Why You Should Never Try to Call a Loved One in an Active Shooter Situation
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