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Fraud abounds during census season

Mike Carr/Daily Lobo guest columnist | April 6

When it comes to fraud, nothing is off limits, especially on the Internet. With the 2010 Census swinging into high gear and tax season already well underway, expect to see fraudulent “census” and “tax” e-mail and text messages in the near future.  For starters, the Internal Revenue Service never conducts business via e-mail, text messaging or the telephone. For the most part, this is also true about the U.S.

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Opinion

Protect your identity this season

Mike Carr/Daily Lobo guest columnist | December 8

Around eight million people are expected to be victims of identity theft in 2009. With the holiday shopping season upon us, here are a few tips that may help you from becoming an identity theft statistic: Reduce the number of credit and debit cards you carry in your wallet and keep track of the cards you do carry.

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Opinion

New technology secures network

Mike Carr/Daily Lobo guest columnist | October 13

Recently, there has been discussion on and off campus about Network Access Control, or NAC. Some folks have complained that NAC is slowing them down; others have said that NAC installs malicious software onto their computers; and still others think that NAC was a good band while they lasted (by the way, the 80s band was called “The Knack” not “NAC.”) So … let’s clear the air. NAC is a computer network security technology recently implemented at UNM.

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Opinion

Facebook quizzes leak user info

Mike Carr/Daily Lobo guest columnist | September 8

With more than 132 million unique visitors in 2008, Facebook is considered to be the world’s leading social networking site (during the same year, MySpace had a mere 117 million unique visitors). And, in terms of Internet traffic, some rank Facebook as the planet’s fourth busiest Web site.

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