1921 E-Fraudian

Since I often criticize trusting folks who enthusiastically adopt new computer technology (after, of course, they criticize me for not doing the same) it comes as sweet satisfaction when history bears me out.
A current app circulating on the app-of-the-week circuit is a prime example. It's called Facewash. Facewash does something fairly simple that used to be hard. It helps you search through your voluminous Facebook postings and scour off any offending posts or pictures.
This is good because you used to be either in college or a secure job and now you have to find a new job and your new employer is liable to ask for your Facebook or find it through other means and discover what a buffoon or drunken privates-posting sex maniac you were in your youth.
As Facebook has always made it hard to search your own site this app is a great improvement.
Facewash. Don't forget to scrub behind your years.
Another interesting factoid about those who fail to be skeptical about the safety of computers is this. Though E-filing has made tax season more bearable for us and the U.S. IRS, that convenience has come with a cost.
Recent findings at the Treasury Department indicate that e-filing has facilitated a surge in tax-identity theft; more than 1.1 million cases in 2011. That compares with a mere 51,700 back in 2008, when most folks used "unsafe" snail-mail.
It's cost the government $5.2 billion in bogus tax refunds. Wow. Someone needs to audit themselves.
But hey, if you get audited by them, now you have a great defense. It wasn't your return. Someone else came in on your unsecured home wi-fi network, and hacked your computer for your social security number.
Then stole all your family birth-dates, and mom's maiden name off Facebook.
America, ya gotta love it.