Tech Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
Sadly, the economic impact of the ongoing Covid pandemic has left lots of folks in dire financial straits.
And of course it’s certainly understandable that people who are struggling to make it from day to day will welcome any assistance they can get.
The scammers of the world know this, and as always they’re working overtime to take advantage of as many of those who are already hurting as possible.
With all the hackers out there trying to break into secure Wi-Fi networks, steal personal and financial information and generally wreak havoc on our lives, it only makes sense to do everything possible to protect ourselves while we’re using the Internet.
Short of becoming a hermit and moving into a cave, there’s really nothing we can do to ensure that we never have our privacy compromised in today’s ultra-connected world.
But we can take steps to minimize the risks associated with being online as much as possible. Here are just a few of them: [Read more…]
Regular readers of this blog know I’m a huge fan of free software because I routinely recommend the use of freeware whenever possible to accomplish whatever the task at hand may be.
But as you probably also know there can be hidden dangers lurking behind the scenes every time you install a piece of free software.
The dangers range all the way from the installation of unwanted add-on software to installing viruses and other forms of malware right along with the programs themselves.
Question from Mike: Chrome used to display the word “Secure” in the address bar to indicate that the webpage you’re viewing is encrypted.
I really liked that because I didn’t have to worry about hackers stealing my info if I typed anything into a form on that page.
A while back I noticed that Google has removed that “Secure” indicator from Chrome’s address bar.
Why on earth did they get rid of it?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Have you ever logged into your Facebook account at work and forgot to log back out before leaving for the day?
Or perhaps you borrowed a friend’s smartphone to post a quick status update and then handed the phone back to him/her without logging out?
Even worse, perhaps something happened that lead you to believe that someone else (a hacker perhaps?) was logged into your account on a remote device?
Situations like these can leave your Facebook account and all of the sensitive information stored therein available to people who might desire to use it for nefarious purposes.
Luckily, there’s an easy way to log out of your Facebook account from any device, even a different device than you logged in with in the first place. Just follow the steps below for the device you’re using. [Read more…]
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