About this episode

The episode discusses legal scams and consumer awareness with Brian Silverstein from MirrorTab.

Just to prove that even the most secure practitioners, like your truly, can fall for the “free lunch” offer, I inadvertently signed up for a shady but completely legal “cash back” offer. Not only did I not get any cash back I got charged for it, had to cancel a debit card and walked through the process (which I described in Cyber Protection Magazine this week. But I also called up Brian Silverstein, CEO of MirrorTab (whom we talked with a couple of weeks ago) about how to be aware when these things pop up unexpectedly and his company's plans to deal with not just scams, but scammy deals.

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