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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Monday, November 13, 2023
• Use a PC while someone is sleeping in the same room? Try this.
• Scam alert: Beware this dangerous cell phone scam
• Q&A: How do I keep the searches I do on my iPhone off my PC?
• Video: The 10 tallest snowfalls ever recorded
• My Monthly Tech Giveaway is back – Brother DCPL2550DW Multifunction Laser Printer
Substack…
By now you probably know that Facebook accounts are getting cloned by scammers right and left these days.
Luckily, having a scammer clone your account isn’t as bad as having someone hack into it, but it’s still bad – especially for the people on your friends list.
In case you’re unfamiliar with account cloning, it’s where a scammer creates a completely new Facebook account in your name and populates it with photos and personal information they’ve copied from your real account.
They then use the new fake account to send friend requests to all the people on your real account’s friends list. [Read more…]
Question from Liz: I recently found out that everyone who looks at my Facebook can see my profile picture.
I don’t like that because I don’t want all the stalkers and scammers that are on Facebook to be able to see any of my pictures.
Lord only knows what they could do with it if they ever managed to steal one of them.
I finally got my settings changed to where it hides my posts and the rest of my pictures from strangers, but my profile picture is always visible even with its privacy set to “Only Me”.
How can I make it so that only the people who are actually friends with me on Facebook can see my profile picture? [Read more…]
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Thursday, October 12, 2023
• Here’s an easy way to cast your PC screen to your TV
• Scam alert: Beware this dangerous Walmart gift card scam
• Q&A: Why is my wireless keyboard not working?
• Video: Lightning in Super-Slow Motion
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, September 17, 2023
• How to use Emojis in Windows and macOS
• How to listen to your old (and treasured) vinyl records
• Scam alert: Beware these dangerous fake Lowe’s ads on Facebook
• 6 tips for shopping for ‘healthy’ food items