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A while back I wrote a post discussing several things you can do to protect your Facebook account from hackers.
That post explains how hackers will try to use phishing attempts and various social engineering techniques to trick you into handing over your Facebook password or the personal info they can use to guess it. [Read more…]
WordPress blogs are constantly being targeted by hackers, and the problem is getting worse all the time.
It seems that the miscreants of the world have nothing better to do than try to make the lives of others miserable while exploiting the hard work of legitimate bloggers to “earn” some ill-gotten cash for themselves.
Keeping a blog safe from hacking attempts gets more difficult every day as the hackers become ever more determined and sophisticated.
That being said, there are a number of things you can do to help keep your blog safe and secure from the miscreants of the world. Here are 10 tips that can help prevent your WordPress blog from getting hacked: [Read more…]
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Question from Lisa: My ex-husband keeps changing the password to my Facebook account and logging into it to send nasty messages to my friends, and it’s causing me a lot of problems.
He even sends messages to my mom!
I don’t know how he’s managing to change my password. How can I stop him from doing that and logging into my Facebook account?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
This is your Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Monday, July 12, 2021.
–How to copy photos and other files from one PC to another
–How to protect your Amazon account with Two-Factor Authentication
–Q&A: How can I make my Desktop icons bigger?
–Are you a ‘Stay-At-Home Mom’ looking to work from home? If so, read this.
–Want to hit a ‘Home Run’? Swing big.
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I frequently receive frantic messages from Facebook users asking how they can regain access to their accounts when they’re unable to reset their passwords.
Unfortunately, in most of those cases I’m unable to help those folks reset their passwords and get back into their accounts.
That means they have no choice but to abandon their accounts and open new ones.
People find themselves in this situation because Facebook has determined that it’s better to have some people locked out of their accounts forever than to make it easy for hackers to reset the passwords of unsuspecting users.
It always bothers me to have to tell someone I won’t be able to help them get back into their Facebook account, but unfortunately that’s just the reality we are faced with for the time being.
Now all of the above being said, there are steps you can take right now to ensure that you’ll be able to reset your Facebook password if you ever forget it or if a hacker breaks into your account and changes the password.