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Have you ever needed to send the same exact email to several recipients without them knowing that other people are receiving the same email?
Sending the same exact message to multiple recipients can come across as a bit SPAMMY, but there are occasions when it’s both necessary and legitimate to do it.
As luck would have it, there is a very simple way to send the exact same email to several people while making it appear to each recipient that it was sent only to them. [Read more…]
Question from Lawrence: I have a very simple question for you Rick.
Is it possible to be completely anonymous on the Internet?
Here’s the scenario that I have in mind: [Read more…]
Did you know Google keeps a record of every search you’ve ever made?
Well, they do. And they’ll keep it forever unless you tell them to delete it.
As you can probably guess, there are many reasons why you might not want a record of every Google search you’ve ever made hanging around year after year.
Luckily, it’s quite easy to delete your entire Google search history in one fell swoop. [Read more…]
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…]
“Privacy Warnings” of one type or another have been making the rounds on Facebook ever since the site first came into existence.
While most of those warnings range from completely worthless to downright malicious, a few of them actually have some merit.
Privacy is indeed a serious concern on Facebook, but many folks understandably attempt to attack the problem from the wrong angle.