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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?
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With the leap to a fully digital world, a wide array of media formats have sprung up as video continues its takeover of the web and the world of technology in general
Unfortunately, the plethora of video format options causes lots of confusion due to incompatibility between media types and the types of devices being used.
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Have you ever checked into a hotel and made your way to your room, only to discover that you forgot to pack your phone charger along with the rest of your travel gear?
Most of us have done that at one time or another, and the natural instinct is to head to the nearest store and buy a replacement charger.
Well, there’s a simple way to avoid having to buy a charger the next time you accidentally leave yours at home… [Read more…]
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Snapchat is a popular social networking site that lets users send photos and videos to other Snapchat users that “self-destruct” after they they are viewed.
Many users assume that since Snapchat works that way, they can safely send “personal” pics and videos to their friends for quick, one-time viewing. But as explained in this post, that isn’t really the case at all.
What’s more, the folks at Snapchat have announced that there’s another kind of danger associated with using their service: third-party apps. [Read more…]
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Ransomware is a very dangerous type of malware, but luckily most new strains are quickly mitigated thanks to the extra resources the antivirus companies have dedicated to eradicating them.
But that being said, the WannaCry Ransomware cyberworm is still going strong years after it was first discovered.