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You’ll be receiving a text message from the President on October 3. Yes, really.

Posted on September 18, 2018

Just a quick heads-up: In all likelihood you’ll be receiving a pair of SMS text messages from the President of the United States on Wednesday, October 3, 2018.

You can get all the details on these special text messages by visiting this page on the FEMA website, but if you just want the gist I’ve summarized it below.

The header of the message will read “Presidential Alert“, and the text of the message will be delivered in two parts…

Part 1 will test the Emergency Alert System (EAS), and it will read as follows:  [Read more…]

Do use Yahoo Mail or AOL Mail? If so, new changes to their TOS totally trash your privacy.

Posted on April 20, 2018

If you use Yahoo Mail or AOL Mail (or both) you should know that the latest changes they’ve made to their Terms of Service (TOS) completely trashes your privacy.

Both of those services are now owned by Oath, the media division of Verizon.

Oath has merged their two TOSs into one and made some pretty disturbing changes in the process.  [Read more…]

Guess what? Cops can now unlock your iPhone even if it’s protected with a pass-code.

Posted on April 17, 2018

According to recent reports from Motherboard and Malwarebytes, cops now have capability to unlock your locked and encrypted iPhone and view your call logs, text messages and photos at will.

What’s more, they can even access your instant messaging and social media accounts if your phone signs you into those accounts automatically (always a bad idea).

And they can now do all of this without your assistance.  [Read more…]

Warning: Did you use Orbitz to book a trip in 2016 or 2017? If so, your personal and financial info has been stolen.

Posted on March 22, 2018

The popular travel website Orbitz has just announced a major security breach that allowed hackers to steal the personal and financial information on almost 900,000 customers.

The data theft affects virtually all Orbitz customers who used the site to book a trip in 2016 and most of 2017.

This is the customer information that was stolen:  [Read more…]

RicksDailyTips Newsletter for May 20, 2017 – How to protect your PC and files from Ransomware

Posted on May 20, 2017

Hello again! I hope you had a great week!

Well, the hackers and scammers of the world just never seem to let up.

In fact, this past week was a nightmare for the hundreds of thousands of institutions and individuals who were hit by the massive “WannaCry” ransomware attack.

Ransomware is perhaps the biggest threat facing computer users today, but it’s actually pretty easy to protect your PC from getting hit by it. And luckily, it’s even easier to ensure that you won’t lose your irreplaceable files if you do end up getting hit.

First, lets talk about some things you can do to protect your PC from ransomware attacks.  [Read more…]

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