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FTC reminder: ‘Spread the word about government imposters’

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Yes, you and I are waaaaay too savvy to fall for the old “I’m calling from the government and you had better pay up” trick.

Unfortunately, others are not, especially among the elderly.

So the Federal Trade Commission is once again asking for help getting the word out:

We’re hearing from our colleagues that those pesky government imposters are at it again, using the FTC’s name to try to con people into paying them for something. Whether it’s to clean up your credit report, give you a prize, resolve a complaint against you, or pay off a debt you owe, they’re all lies. The message may be a call or an email, but it isn’t from the Federal Trade Commission, or any other federal agency.

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Network World Paul McNamara

Reminder that the Internet, too, could have saved Coca-Cola from ‘New Coke’ debacle

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Don Keough, retired chief operating officer at Coca-Cola, died earlier this week at the age of 88. He is described in a Fortune headline as “The real boss behind Coke’s secret formula.”

Among the accomplishments credited to Keough is one that directly involved that secret formula, namely convincing CEO Roberto Goizueta in 1985 to reverse course on the disaster that was “New Coke” in favor of returning to the original recipe.

News of Keough’s death had me rereading a 2010 Buzzblog  post that involved this thought experiment:

Let’s rewrite history: It was 25 years ago tomorrow, April 23, 1985, that the world’s most famous soft drink company committed arguably the world’s most famous product development/marketing gaffe: New Coke.

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Network World Paul McNamara

LinkedIn hacking: a timely internet security reminder – The Guardian

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Passwords for LinkedIn and dating site eHarmony have been published on a Russian hacker’s website. The passwords are encrypted, but hackers are being invited to help decipher them. More than 6m LinkedIn passwords and about 1.5m eHarmony …
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