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  2. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.

  3. Internet censorship in the United States - Wikipedia

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    If passed this bill would allow the United States Secretary of State to review any attempt of a tech company to "sabotage" the United States. In this scenario, the Secretary and other relevant departments would review said tech company. If the review shows there are "security risks" then the government can restrict a company, service, or product.

  4. List of fake news websites - Wikipedia

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    The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.

  5. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    However, the ease of which companies that carry out technical support scams can be launched makes it difficult to prevent tech support scams from taking place. Major search engines such as Bing and Google have taken steps to restrict the promotion of fake technical support websites through keyword advertising.

  6. Scam - Wikipedia

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    Scam. A scam, or a confidence trick, is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their trust. Confidence tricks exploit victims using a combination of the victim's credulity, naïveté, compassion, vanity, confidence, irresponsibility, and greed. Researchers have defined confidence tricks as "a distinctive species of ...

  7. Roblox - Wikipedia

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    While the game platform has had a presence on the PC since 2004, when its web version was created, this was the first time it was upgraded with a standalone launcher built for Windows. Throughout 2017, Roblox engaged in a number of updates to its server technology, as the technology they were operating on until that point was out of date and ...

  8. List of security hacking incidents - Wikipedia

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    The malware destroyed over 35,000 Saudi Aramco computers, affecting business operations for months. December 17: Computer hacker sl1nk announced that he has hacked a total of 9 countries' SCADA systems. The proof includes 6 countries: France, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the United States.

  9. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    The scam may extend to the creation of Web sites for the bogus brand, which usually sounds similar to that of a respected loudspeaker company. They will often place an ad for the speakers in the "For sale" Classifieds of the local newspaper, at the exorbitant price, and then show the mark a copy of this ad to "verify" their worth. [citation needed]