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Q&A: How do I recover a hijacked LastPass account?

Posted on March 8, 2022

Question from Louise: I’m in serious trouble Rick, and I need your help ASAP.

Almost two weeks ago I heard my brother was in a car wreck and he wasn’t expected to live.

I grabbed a few things and threw them in a suitcase and flew out to Utah to try to see him before he passed away.

I didn’t make it in time to see him but I spent 5 days out there with my family and came back home the day after the funeral.

When I got home I saw that my house had been broken into and ransacked. They took almost everything of value including both of my computers and my iPad.

Can you help me with a serious problem I’m having with LastPass? [Read more…]

Scam alert: Use a dating app? It’s probably selling your personal info.

Posted on March 7, 2022

Do you use a dating app on your phone or tablet?

If so, it’s probably selling or otherwise sharing your personal info with dozens of other companies.

According to this ABC News report from 2020, the Norwegian Consumer Council has discovered that “serious privacy infringements” are being perpetrated by the companies behind several of the world’s most popular dating apps.

And guess what? Many dating apps are still doing it.

In short, the apps are selling or otherwise sharing the personal info from user accounts with at least 135 other third-party companies and services.

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Q&A: Will Windows let you change a file’s creation date?

Posted on March 6, 2022

Question from Gary: I’m getting ready to turn over a bunch of files to another party and I don’t want him to know exactly when these particular files were created.

Don’t worry, there’s nothing illegal or immoral going on here, we’re just doing a business deal and I don’t want the files’ creation dates to become an issue.

Is there any way to change a file’s creation date with a Windows computer? [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I copy photos from my iPhone to a laptop?

Posted on March 3, 2022

Question from Donna: My iPhone’s storage is almost full because of all the pictures and videos that are on it.

I want to copy all the existing photos and videos from the phone to my HP Envy 13 (2019) Windows laptop and then delete them from the iPhone to make room for new ones.

I know I could upload them to iCloud and then download them onto my computer, but I don’t trust cloud storage and I never use it. I have iCloud syncing disabled and I’d really prefer to keep it that way.

Can you tell me how to transfer the photos and videos from the iPhone to my laptop without using iCloud? [Read more…]