How secure?
How secure are you online? With the growth of sites such as Facebook and MySpace, a lot of us are bunging all sorts of information online and available to all and sundry.
Some stupid students in Oxford moaned that their privacy had been invaded because people looked at their sites on the internet, which, by its very nature, is public.
Any old how, Ben Bland's been getting some tips on security on those sites.
I got a phone call on Saturday from someone who said they were from the credit card fraud department. He told me my card had been used in London in an Argos store. He said someone had spent £500 on it. I was shocked and started to say that I'd been in Manchester all week etc. He then said he'd have to ask me some security questions. He asked me my date of birth. I got suspicious and asked him "How do I know you are who you say you are?"
He slammed the phone down.
So that's my first brush with potential identity theft. It's suddenly a very real issue for me.
Looking back, my suspicions should have been aroused because he never said the name of any credit card company.
In fact, I should have supplied him false information. That might have helped to get him caught.
In other stories tonight, we've got the latest on the congestion charge. Asthmatics reckon it might make life easier for them.
Talking of which . . . the smoking ban will have helped them too. But not at the Swan in Bolton. There the licensee is still flouting the law. Kevin Duffy's been to see him again.