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Q&A: Can you determine someone’s location by their IP address?

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Question from (name withheld by request):  I hope you can help me, Rick. Someone is sending me threatening emails, and it has me worried.

I’m pretty sure it’s my ex-boyfriend because he mentions things in the emails that only he should know about. The thing is, I don’t recognize the email address.

I know you can get the IP address from an email’s headers because I researched it online. Is there any way to trace that IP address and find out where the emails are being sent from?  [Read more…]

Why you should never mention someone’s age on Facebook

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How many times have you seen something like this on Facebook?

“I’d like to wish my amazing husband John Doe a very happy 53rd birthday!”

Chances are, you see posts like this all the time.

Facebook makes it easy to wish loved ones and friends a happy birthday and elicit additional birthday greetings from lots of other folks.

But truth be told, it’s a very dangerous practice to mention the person’s actual age in the greeting because it’s an open invitation for identity theft. [Read more…]

How can panelboards improve efficiency through optimizing power distribution and more?

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Efficient power distribution is vital for smooth operations across industries, commercial spaces, and even large residential complexes. Unreliable systems not only cause energy wastage but also
increase downtime and maintenance costs.

This is where a well-designed panelboard comes into play, acting as a central point for distributing electrical power safely and systematically. Modern panelboards do far more than manage circuits.  [Read more…]

How (and why) to disable ‘File and Printer Sharing’ on your Windows PC

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Microsoft Windows makes it very easy to share files and printers with other users on your local network and even over the Internet.

The thing is, today’s widespread usage of network hard drives and wireless printers have reduced the need to share resources with other computers in that way.

If you don’t have a need to share files and printers directly over a network, it’s best to turn “File and printer sharing” off because it can leave your files and personal information vulnerable to hackers over the Internet.  [Read more…]

How to download ALL the data Google has collected about you

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If you’ve been using the Internet for a while you’ve probably used several of Google’s many services.

In fact, my guess is you use several of them on a regular basis.

For example, do you use Gmail?

How about YouTube or Google Maps?

Or perhaps their ultra-popular Chrome browser?

Although you probably don’t use all of them, Google actually has dozens of popular online services and tools that are used by billions of people world-wide on a daily basis.  [Read more…]

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