For anyone who's ever created an account on Living Social, there's been some unsettling news from the daily deal site: the company recently had to reset the passwords of 50 million users after experiencing a cyber attack. The attack didn't compromise users' credit card information, but the hackers gained access to Living Social's customer data servers -- which means names, email addresses, birth dates, and encrypted passwords were exposed.

So, if you're a Living Social customer, what should you do now? Other than panic about cyber-villains using your information to purchase massages, colonics, and discounted restaurant coupons? Here's the lowdown on the attack, and what you can do to protect your data.

I’ve done it myself a zillion times: after you swipe your credit card and the cashier bags your new jeans, she asks you for your ZIP code, and you ... tell her! Kind of annoying, but no big deal, right? Well, turns out it actually can be a big deal, and it’s definitely not a good idea.

I realize that I’ve never really thought about WHY stores want that information; I’m more just focused on wanting to get done and OUT (I love new clothes but I hate shopping!). I guess if I gave it any thought, I figured they were interested in knowing where people came from to shop in certain locations. Well, demographics do play a part in why they collect that info, but there’s a lot more to it than that.

You've probably already seen #hashtags popping up in your Facebook feed, but pretty soon they might actually work. Yep, looks like Facebook is pondering copying Twitter and making hashtags clickable. Yay?

So far, of course, hashtags don’t actually work on Facebook -- at least not in the way they work on sites like Twitter and Instagram -- but that doesn’t seem to stop people from using them #amirite?

Cell phone cameras were a great, but also really annoying and bothersome, invention. I'm so tried of this new trend of taking photos of unsuspecting people wherever, whenever, doing whatever, and then posting them online. There just seems to be absolutely no thought for people's privacy anymore. So I was thrilled when I saw this story of student who got arrested for posting pictures of people on Twitter who were doing nothing but working out at the gym. The little jerk student, Caleb Kordsmeier, ran a Twitter account called @HPERprobsUARK. Well, I guess it's Caleb's problem now. The account was solely to post pics of people working out at the university gym. Without them knowing.

If you've ever dealt with home security salesmen, you'll know they're kind of pushy. Home security is obviously serious business, but the lengths they go to in order to suggest "upgrades" to their services are a little off-putting and I've never really enjoyed the process.

Luckily, there are now a number of "modular" security systems out there that make it easy to install and run them without much fuss. In fact, they are designed to be removable, so when you move, you can simply take the hardware with you.

Another day, another story about some poor fool posting something they shouldn't to Facebook -- and losing their job in the process. I almost can't believe this is still a THING, but apparently no one is learning the lessons of those who have been fired before them. Today's cautionary tale comes courtesy of an official with the University of Pennsylvania, who was recently dismissed for posting portions of student application essays on her Facebook profile.

Well, not only was she sharing the essay topics -- she was making fun of them. So the lady whose job it was to coordinate college applications was OPENLY MOCKING the students' essays.

Facebook? Facepalm, more like.

A first-grader in Colorado was recently banned from using the girls’ restroom. Coy Mathis is a Girl Scout that loves pink and looks adorable with barrettes in her hair -- but she was born a boy. For that, her Fountain, Colorado school said that she would not be allowed to use the same facilities as her female classmates.

Coy’s parents have filed an official discrimination complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division, and are speaking out publicly to defend their child. Mom Kathryn said, “The more you talk about something, the more awareness and acceptance there is ... we’re really just trying to make it known what the school has done and make them accountable.”

I want you to imagine for a moment: Your elementary school-aged child comes home in the afternoon and tells you that, at school that day, he or she had their pants pulled down and their butt inspected for feces. I know, it's completely insane, but this actually allegedly happened at a school in Pineland, Texas. Apparently, feces had been found on the floor in the gymnasium on numerous occasions -- and teachers and staff were unable to figure out who the culprit was -- so they marched all the kids into the nurse's office, pulled down their pants, and yep, checked them.