Posts by Erich Kafferlin
All You Need Is Love (All They Want Is Your Wallet): A Brief Review of Online Romance Scams
Perhaps no tenet of the human experience has inspired greater artistic expression than the concept of romantic love. Humans often yearn to find that special someone. However, as we know from literature, love stories don’t always have a happy ending. In my first installment of an ongoing series about Internet crimes, I take a look…
Read MoreLaw Enforcement Portals: Gateways to Compliance’s Future
We have all seen the classic police dramas where uniformed officers knock on a door with search warrant in hand. On the news, we’ve witnessed investigators pouring out of a building with boxes of potential evidence. For countless years, this was how police work was done. But in the digital age how can they “search”…
Read MoreWho is Reading My E-mail?
In the Middle Ages, important documents were closed using wax seals. This was done to prevent unauthorized access. Those letters (or perhaps just junk mail) in your mailbox have been sealed by glue for generations. It’s safe to say the concept of protecting our private written word is nothing new. But what protects our e-mail…
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