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When 400 Scam Attempts Hit in One Day: What Online Shoppers Need to Know Last month, cybersecurity monitors in Belarus recorded a single day where online shoppers faced roughly 400 scam attempts, according to a report from Belsat.eu. While this spike happened in Eastern Europe, the tactics behind these attempts are not confined to any one region. Online shopping scams follow the same playbook everywhere. Understanding that playbook is the best way to avoid losing money or personal information. ...

WhatsApp’s New ‘Incognito’ Mode for AI Chats: What It Means for Your Privacy If you’ve been using WhatsApp’s AI features and wondered what happens with your conversation data, you’re not alone. Meta has been rolling out AI chat capabilities across its messaging apps, and privacy concerns have followed. On May 13, 2026, the company announced a new incognito mode for WhatsApp that gives users more control over whether their AI chats are used to train Meta’s models. Here’s what the feature actually does, how to turn it on, and what it doesn’t change. ...

Prom Dress Season Brings Fake Websites: How to Spot and Avoid Online Dress Scams With prom season underway, families and teens are searching online for the perfect dress. But alongside legitimate retailers, scammers are setting up websites that look real but exist only to take your money. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) recently issued an alert for shoppers in the Hudson Valley region, warning of fake prom dress websites that have stolen images, unrealistically low prices, and no intention of delivering anything. ...

WhatsApp Just Added an ‘Incognito’ Mode for AI Chats – Here’s How to Use It In mid-May 2026, Meta began rolling out a new privacy control for WhatsApp users: an “incognito” mode specifically for conversations with the app’s built-in AI chatbot. The move comes as more people interact with generative AI inside messaging apps and as regulators and users alike ask tougher questions about how chat data is used. ...

Spotting Fake Prom Dress Websites: A Shopper’s Guide Prom season is here, and along with the excitement of finding the perfect dress comes a familiar risk: online shopping scams. Every year, scammers set up websites that look like legitimate dress retailers, offering too-good-to-be-true deals on formal wear. The Better Business Bureau recently issued an alert for shoppers in the Hudson Valley, warning that fake prom dress sites are circulating again. If you’re shopping for a prom or formal dress online, here’s what you need to know to avoid losing your money—and what to do if you’ve already been tricked. ...

How to Spot Fake Prom Dress Websites: A BBB Warning for Shoppers Prom season can already be expensive enough without falling victim to a scam. This spring, the Better Business Bureau issued an alert for shoppers in the Hudson Valley, New York, warning about fraudulent websites posing as legitimate prom dress retailers. The alert describes sites that use official-looking logos, stolen product photos, and extremely low prices to lure in customers—then either deliver nothing, ship a cheap knockoff, or simply disappear after taking payment. ...

How to Spot Fake Prom Dress Websites: BBB Warning and Tips Prom season is around the corner, and for many families in the Hudson Valley that means searching online for the perfect dress. But the Better Business Bureau (BBB) has issued a local alert about scam websites that imitate legitimate prom dress retailers. These sites take payments and disappear—leaving shoppers with no dress and no refund. ...

A New Privacy Ruling in Canada Could Change How AI Tools Use Your Data If you’ve ever used a chatbot, image generator, or writing assistant, chances are your data—or someone else’s—has helped train the model behind it. A recent decision by Canada’s privacy commissioner has put a spotlight on how AI companies collect that training data, and it may eventually affect the tools you use every day. ...

This Tool Spots When Your AI Assistant Might Be Leaking Your Data AI assistants like ChatGPT, Google Assistant, and others are becoming more capable—and more autonomous. They can now carry out multi-step tasks on your behalf: booking appointments, summarizing emails, even managing your calendar. But as these agents gain access to more of your personal data, a natural question arises: what stops them from quietly sharing that data with someone else? ...

Canada’s AI Privacy Ruling: What It Means for Your Data In May 2026, Canada’s federal privacy watchdog issued a ruling that could reshape how artificial intelligence companies use personal data to train their models. The decision, published by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC), places new restrictions on collecting and reusing information drawn from public sources, social media, and other online activity. While the goal is to strengthen consumer privacy, critics argue the move sets a bad precedent—one that might hamper AI development without offering clear benefits to users. ...