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ATTN Bloggers: Chrome is now flagging non-https pages as ‘Not Secure’ right in the address bar!

Posted on June 12, 2019

If you’re a blogger and your blog hasn’t yet been secured with SSL/TLS encryption you need to get that done ASAP!

Back in December 2017 I wrote this post warning bloggers about the need to get their blogs encrypted before Google started actively penalizing non-secured sites.

Well, that day has come…

Google recently rolled out an update to their Chrome browser that causes it to now flag unencrypted pages as “Not Secure” right in the address bar!

Up until recently it was widely understood that only sites that collected credit card data or other sensitive visitor information really needed to be encrypted, but Google has changed that by deciding to clearly mark non-encrypted pages as “Not Secure”.

To show you what I’m talking about, I took a partial screenshot of a web page that I knew to be unencrypted at the time I began writing this post (the site has since been encrypted): [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware ads for fraudulent ‘Addiction Treatment Centers’ on Facebook

Posted on May 29, 2019

As you probably know, addiction to prescription drugs is now a serious problem in the U.S., and addiction to illegal drugs has been plaguing our country for decades.

Addiction treatment centers exist to help those affected get off of the drugs, but many of the new treatment centers that are popping up aren’t out to help people at all. They’re simply out to get their money.  [Read more…]

Warning: If you use the ‘Ever’ photo storage app, your photos are being used for Face Recognition purposes!

Posted on May 22, 2019

Do you or someone you know use the popular “Ever” photo storage app?

If so, you need to know that according to this NBC News story the company behind the app is using your photos for face recognition purposes!

The company says they’re only using their customers’ photos to “train” the app, but who knows what’s really going on behind the scenes?

[Read more…]

Google announces plan to shut down their Google+ social media service by August 2019

Posted on May 10, 2019

Do you use Google+ for at least part of your social media activities?

If so, you won’t be able to use it for much longer.

Google has has announced that the consumer division of Google+ will be slowly phased out over the next 10 months, and fully “retired” by the end of August 2019.

[Read more…]

Great news: Fixing ‘White Screen of Death’ fatal errors on your WordPress blog just got a lot easier!

Posted on May 7, 2019

If you’ve been blogging with WordPress for a while you’re probably well familiar with the infamous “White Screen of Death”.

If you haven’t encountered it yet, that’s the stark, panic inducing white error screen that WordPress displays when it encounters a fatal error with some component of your blog.

There are several reasons why you might see a white screen of death on your blog, but they’re usually the result of a serious problem affecting your blog’s theme, one of the installed plugins or the database.

Whatever the reason, it’s the last thing you want to see when you try to access your blog!

[Read more…]

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