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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Thursday, January 6, 2021.
• Why it’s super-important to protect your email account from hackers
• How to easily back up the photos on your smartphone
• How to use an unused tablet as a digital picture frame
• How to prevent your shower curtain from sticking to your body
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
If it seems like the scammers and hoaxsters never take a break from Facebook, it’s because they really don’t.
At any point in time there are numerous scammers sitting around trying to think up new ways to scam innocent Facebook users.
And as is usually the case, there’s a particularly dangerous scam making the rounds right now via Facebook Messenger.
But luckily, as dangerous as this scam is, it’s extremely easy to recognize and avoid it when you see it.
One of the most difficult tasks in computing is choosing a password that is both hard for hackers to crack and easy to remember.
It’s quite quite easy to do one or the other, but doing both at the same time can be a headache. But it doesn’t have to be.
Lots of folks rely on password managers to help keep their online accounts secure, but I don’t recommend that because using a password manager puts your entire digital life at risk.
The good news is you don’t need to use a password manager in order to create extremely secure (and unique) passwords for each of your online accounts – and remember easily them!
This post explains how to do just that. [Read more…]
Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Tuesday, November 23, 2021.
• GoDaddy data breach affects over a million customers
• Q&A: Can I make my laptop shut down when I close the lid?
• Q&A: How do I hide the Desktop icons on my computer screen?
• ‘I Saw The Light’ is one of the most popular gospel songs of all time. Its author might surprise you.
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
Do you feature videos that you’ve created yourself on a personal or company blog?
If so, you might think it’s best to host those videos right on your blog server instead of elsewhere on the Internet.
Well, there are several important reasons why you would probably be better off hosting your videos on YouTube instead: [Read more…]