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If you use Facebook you’ve probably started seeing ads that appear to be from Lowe’s Home Improvement offering to sell lawnmowers at ridiculously low prices.
I’m talking lawnmowers that sell for as much as $800 being sold on “clearance” or via a “Flash sale” for $99.
I checked into these “offers”, and as expected, they are all scams. [Read more…]
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Does your smartphone seem sluggish and slow compared to the way it ran when you first got it?
If so, there is one hugely popular, but quite unnecessary app that could be slowing your phone down to a crawl. And even if it isn’t horribly impacting the speed of your device, it’s probably draining its battery.
Chances are you use this app every single day, even though you don’t really need it and you’ll give up absolutely nothing by removing it.
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Question from Shawn: My mom’s friend told her to be careful about what she puts on her Facebook page.
She said once something’s posted on Facebook it stays on the Internet forever.
I told my mom that isn’t true because if she deletes a post it’ll be gone immediately, but she said the things you delete aren’t really gone.
My question is how can I convince my mom that things she posts and then deletes won’t stay on the Internet? [Read more…]
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Did you pay close attention to the news during the 2016 election cycle?
If so, you probably remember that several third-party groups mined Facebook user data for use in political campaigns.
Well guess what? You might well have given those groups permission to mine YOUR data without even realizing it.
What’s more, you might still be doing it.
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Lots of folks love playing games and using apps on Facebook, but many others would rather drink a glass of spoiled milk through a dirty straw.
If you fall into the last group you probably aren’t all that thrilled to see a game or app invitation pop up in your notifications area.
And with all the malicious apps, quizzes and games there are these days, I don’t blame you. After all, malicious games and apps account for a large percentage of the hacks and data theft taking place on the Facebook platform.
As luck would have it, you can easily disable all apps and games as well as block all game and app invitations/notifications, now and forever! [Read more…]