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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Thursday, June 30, 2022
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to shield your family from (most) adult Internet content
• Is Xfinity 1.2Gbps Internet available where you live? Find out right now.
• Q&A: How do I open Finder on my Mac with the keyboard?
• Did you know chocolate is actually good for you? (If it’s the right kind)
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Today’s quick tech tip….
How to shield your family from (most) adult Internet content
As you probably know, the Internet is chock full of “adult” content that’s readily available to virtually anyone with an Internet-connected device.
There are browser extensions and other tools available for blocking adult content, but there’s one powerful tool that will work on all of your family’s devices, and it won’t cost you a cent to use it.
What’s more, it can even speed up and enhance your Internet experience.
This magic tool is OpenDNS, an awesome third-party DNS nameserver system that’s owned by Cisco.
In a nutshell, DNS servers translate human-friendly web addresses like www.example.com into the machine-friendly numeric addresses that the Internet uses to route “digital traffic” to the correct destination.
After you change the DNS settings on your devices to point to OpenDNS’ nameservers, those devices will bypass your ISP’s slow (and wide open) DNS servers and route all of your Internet traffic through their fast, adult content blocking DNS servers.
That means (most of) the adult content that would normally make it onto your devices will be blocked before it even gets to them.
I included the term “most of” because no tool that blocks adult content is perfect. Some will ultimately sneak through. Just keep that in mind as you take advantage of OpenDNS’ enhanced nameservers.
Want to give OpenDNS a try? Just visit the page at the link below and click the Setup Guide button in the “OpenDNS Family Shield” box:
https://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/
That’s all there is to it. If you decide to give OpenDNS a try, please reply to one of my emails and let me know what you think.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• Is Xfinity 1.2Gbps Internet available where you live? Find out right now.
Xfinity is currently rolling out 1.2Gbps Internet to many of their service areas. This post explains how to find out if it’s available in your neck of the woods.
• Q&A: How do I open Finder on my Mac with the keyboard?
Are reader wants to know how Mac users can open the Finder app using just the keyboard. This post explains how to do it.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Did you know chocolate is actually good for you? (If it’s the right kind)
This post discusses a type of chocolate that actually has several important health benefits.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• New YTStealer malware steals accounts from YouTube Creators
• Elon Musk reaches 100 million Twitter followers despite being inactive
• Spotify’s new karaoke mode lets you sing along
• TweetDeck for Mac will no longer be available after July 1
• Google makes it easier to ditch the iPhone with Switch to Android app update
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