identity

Meet my friend Brian, whose name I've changed to protect his identity. If only he had the same safeguards in place around the time he applied for his first credit card. Brian was 19, and his parents thought it would be a good idea for him to start building his credit history. As Brian and his...

As autumn nears, it's time for college students to think of preparing for exams, coeds, long walks through campus and identity theft. In an age of Facebook, Twitter and other ways to share everything in their lives online with the world, college students and young adults are more likely to be...

You've probably noticed it if you've typed your name in Google lately. There, at the top of the screen, complete with a hyperlink, come the words, "Are you [insert your own name]? Create your own profile on Google." And then below that, the rationale for using Google's latest feature: "Help people...