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Question from Lynda: When I tag a person and the post comes up on their timeline, only our mutual friends can see it.
I’ve checked my and their settings and it’s set so our friends can see what we are tagged in.
What am I doing wrong?
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Have you ever used the ultra-popular FaceApp “digital aging” app that’s taking the world by storm right now?
If so, there’s something you should know…
The Terms of Use (TOS) you agreed to when you first installed FaceApp gave its Russian creators the right to download, alter and publish any photos you have stored on your device.
What’s more, it can also use your phone’s camera to take photos (and potentially video) all on its own.
As you probably know, the Internet is a massive repository of information, useful tools and services that can help children learn and mature.
But there is also a downside to the web: It also has a wide variety of potentially harmful content and services that are easily accessible by youngsters.
There are a number of good child safety apps that you can install on your family’s computers, but if they are running either Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 you don’t have to install anything extra in order to protect your kids from the darker corners of the web. [Read more…]
If you use Yahoo Mail or AOL Mail (or both) you should know that the latest changes they’ve made to their Terms of Service (TOS) completely trashes your privacy.
Both of those services are now owned by Oath, the media division of Verizon.
Oath has merged their two TOSs into one and made some pretty disturbing changes in the process. [Read more…]
Question from Frances K.: I’ve been using Gmail for several years and I really like it. But I heard yesterday that Google reads every email that’s sent or received.
Is that true? If it is I’m going to stop using Gmail and start using something else for my email.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]