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Why you should never mention someone’s age on Facebook

Posted on May 20, 2025

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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…]

3 reasons why you should delete your old emails

Posted on January 3, 2025

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There was a time when I used to keep every email I received that wasn’t SPAM because I mistakenly thought I might need to pull them up again at some point.

But over time my thinking on that evolved – a lot.

If you tend to hold on to all of your old emails thinking you might need them in the future, here are three reasons why you might want to reconsider:  [Read more…]

How to enable Two-Factor Authentication on your X account

Posted on May 9, 2024

It seems like there’s a cell phone in virtually every pocket these days, and having one in yours makes it easy to lock down access to many of your online accounts using a method known as Two-Factor Authentication.

The concept behind Two-Factor Authentication is simple, and it’s extremely effective at keeping miscreants from logging into your account.

This is how it works:  [Read more…]

Scam alert: Beware emails that link to a login page

Posted on February 28, 2024

If you ever get an email that appears to be from your bank or some other online service saying you need to click a link in the email to log in to your account and update your personal information, don’t do it.

These types of emails are almost always fakes. And even the rare few that are legitimate should never be trusted.

ALL such emails should be assumed to be malicious, regardless of how authentic-looking they are. [Read more…]

How to enable ‘Enhanced Safe Browsing’ in Chrome

Posted on August 26, 2023

Google Chrome is the world’s most popular web browser, and it isn’t even close.

There are several very good reasons why Chrome is used by so many people, one of which is the strong security that Google has built into it by default.

But did you know there’s a setting you can change in Chrome that will make your Internet activities even more secure?  [Read more…]

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