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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, July 10, 2022
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to ‘copy’ the link to a user’s Profile page with the Facebook app
• Q&A: How can I remove my birthdate from Facebook?
• Q&A: Can you use Zoom on a Linux PC?
• Did you know albino animals have counterparts that are solid black?
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Today’s quick tech tip….
How to ‘copy’ the link to a user’s Profile page with the Facebook app
I often receive requests for help with getting a cloned (i.e. fake) Facebook account removed, and in response I always ask the person to send me the link to the fake account’s Profile page so I can examine it and recommend the best course of action.
If the person is using Facebook in a web browser on a laptop or desktop computer, ‘copying’ the fake Profile URL is easy. They simply need to visit the Profile page in question and copy the link directly from the browser’s address bar.
But it can be confusing when the person is using the Facebook app on a mobile device because there’s no address bar to copy the link from.
Luckily, Facebook has provided a very simple way to ‘copy’ the URL for any Profile page with just a few taps. Here’s how:
1 – Open the Facebook app and visit the Timeline of the fake account.
2 – Tap the three dots icon.
3 – Tap the Copy link button.
That’s all there is to it. The link to the fake account’s Profile page is now stored on the device’s Clipboard, ready and waiting for you to ‘paste’ it into an instant message, email, SMS text message or anywhere else you might need to paste it.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• How to convert a bare hard drive into an external USB hard drive
This post explains how to easily convert virtually any bare hard drive into an external USB hard drive.
• Q&A: Can you use Zoom on a Linux PC?
A reader wants to know if it’s possible to use Zoom after replacing a PC’s Windows installation with Linux. The answer is yes, and this post explains two very easy ways to do it.
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Did you know albino animals have counterparts that are solid black?
It’s true, and they exist in virtually every species.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Twitter planning to sue Elon Musk for trying to back out of buy-out deal
• Data shows who has been hit the hardest in the great tech layoff wave
• EU will require all new cars to include anti-speeding tech by 2024
• Microsoft Edge scores victory over Google Chrome in a key market
• Google proposes moving ad business to Alphabet to keep regulators at bay
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