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Question from Lois: Hi, Rick. I need your help with a Facebook issue.
I just noticed that people can see my birthdate when they look at my profile page.
I really don’t want strangers (or even Facebook) knowing when my birth date is. I don’t even want my friends to know when it is.
How do I completely remove my birth date from Facebook? [Read more…]
Does it seem like your iPhone’s battery has a habit of dying sooner than it should?
There are many variables that determine how quickly an iPhone’s battery will drain, some of which are out of your control.
But luckily, there’s one battery hog that you can disable with a few taps that could make the difference between your battery lasting the entire day or dying on you at the worst possible moment…
You probably know that mobile phones routinely collect and store location data and share that data with apps and third parties.
But did you know your Windows 10/11 PC does it as well?
Just like your smartphone, your Windows PC is constantly determining your current location and storing that location data in a database.
A while back I answered a question from a reader asking how to prevent websites from tracking their location with Firefox.
After that post went live several other readers emailed me asking for instructions for doing the same thing with Chrome. [Read more…]
Do you use Google’s popular Chrome web browser to shop online?
If so, Chrome’s auto-fill feature has probably stored your credit card and/or debit card information in the browser.
Allowing Chrome to store your card info can be a real time saver if you do a lot of online shopping, but unfortunately it can also be a huge security risk.