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  • [Alert] Senate defeats background checks, is that enough?

    Chris Peterson here with your Patriot Privacy Alert for this week.   I’m sure you’ve been following all the gun news this week.  As sad as the events in Boston were, part of me couldn’t help but think “I wonder how soon the liberals will use the bodies of the victims as an excuse to grab at…

  • From the Police Blotter

    I was browsing the web the other day and ran across this police blotter: http://elmhurst.patch.com/articles/multiple-cases-of-id-theft-college-account-cleaned-out-and-then-some   This is a small town in Illinois, and in ONE DAY they had three cases of Identity Theft and Fraud.  Someone emptied a college student’s checking account, somebody bought a car with someone else’s name, and finally someone experienced…

  • Feds Caught Red Handed Spying on YOU

    Wanted you see more proof that the feds are spying on you on a daily basis:   http://www.ice-news.net/2013/04/03/administration-collecting-information-about-possibly-problematic-americans/   A lot of people don’t believe that the government is storing their personal and financial information.  But it’s a fact: soon every single email and phone call you make will be stored in a government storage…

  • Protect your kids online for FREE

    Hi folks, Chris here with a quick Privacy alert   Here’s a tool to help you protect your kids: ·       Use the Cloud to protect privacy and data. ·       Provides malware, spyware, & virus protection. ·       Key feature is parent-sourced “whitelist” of recommended, age-appropriate, safe websites.   And its free.  Developed by a guy that lost his…

  • The 13 Words that Will Get Your Email Flagged

    This is a list of words that supposedly cause the NSA to flag you as a potential terrorist if you over-use them in an email. We found this on Reddit, where James Bamford, a veteran reporter with 30 years experience covering the NSA, is answering questions from the community. He just wrote a big profile for…

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