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Dating apps promised love, now they mostly deliver scams

February 10, 2026 by Brian Fagioli
Nerd heart romance scam

One in four Americans has encountered a fake profile or AI bot on dating apps. Romance scams are no longer rare… they are routine.

Categories Scams Tags AI bots, cybersecurity, dating apps, fake profiles, McAfee, online dating scams, QR code scams, romance scams Leave a comment

Cloudflare reveals how bots and governments reshaped the internet in 2025

December 15, 2025 by Brian Fagioli
Cloudflare gold coin

Cloudflare’s 2025 Year in Review shows how bot wars, government outages, and post-quantum encryption reshaped the internet.

Categories Cloudflare Tags AI bots, bot traffic, Cloudflare, Cloudflare Radar, DDoS attacks, global internet traffic, Internet security, internet trends 2025, post-quantum encryption Leave a comment

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