Discover simple, effective ways to declutter your digital life, tailored for those who aren’t tech-savvy. Learn how to organize files, manage emails, and maintain a clutter-free digital environment with this easy-to-follow guide.
Your Digital Declutter Guide
Save Your Memories & Sanity: The Simple Guide to Backing Up Your Tech (Before Disaster Strikes!)
Discover the easy, foolproof way to protect your digital life from unexpected disasters. Learn how to safeguard your photos, contacts, and files with our straightforward backup guide—no tech expertise required!
IDENTITY THEFT – What it is, How to Prevent it, and What to do if You’re a Victim of it
Are you concerned that your identity might be stolen? In this post, you can find out where you’re most vulnerable, how to protect yourself, and how to deal with suspected identity theft.
Phishing Attacks Unveiled: A Comprehensive Guide to Protect Yourself from Online Scams
Welcome to your comprehensive guide on phishing attacks and how you can protect yourself from online scams. In today’s digital age, where technology is increasingly intertwined with our daily lives, it’s crucial to stay informed about the potential threats that lurk in the virtual world. Phishing, in particular, has emerged as a prominent concern, with cybercriminals using deceptive tactics to […]
Increase Your Facebook Security: 5 Ways to Be Safe
Embed from Getty Images I love Facebook! I enjoy keeping in touch with people I served in the Army with, far-flung family members, co-workers past and present. Additionally, I’ve found several groups that feed my hobby interests and several that provide professional information. All in all, I find it a useful platform. Unfortunately, wherever there is a good thing going […]
A Better Way to Manage Your Passwords
The Problem: It doesn’t take long to accumulate a mass of passwords throughout the Web. You have one for email, one for each of several (or multitudinous) websites, shopping sites, your bank, retirement accounts, education…how do we remember them all? Unfortunately, our methods for keeping track of our logins and passwords usually entails one of the following: 1. Pick something […]
You Can Survive Most Crypto Attacks–For Now
Rule Number One: Don’t get infected. But if you do, follow Rule Number Two: Clean it off your system immediately. If you read my post on CryptoLocker, you’re aware that it’s not always just that easy. Without a good backup you run the risk of losing everything, and even with a good backup, you’re in for a lot of work. […]
How to Turn Off Facebook’s Annoying Video AutoPlay
You can only truly turn off this “feature” in the desktop/laptop version; on the Mobile app for iPhone, the best you can hope for is to force it to only work when your phone is connected to wi–fi. update: ios 7.1 includes the ability to turn OFF video autoplay: go to Settings>Facebook>Settings>Video; set Auto-play to OFF, or to Wi-Fi only. Here’s the way it […]
How to Verify Security at a Website
There’s a great line from the movie Sneakers, when Robert Redford is in the limo with the Russian guy, and the Russian guy says, “You won’t know who to trust.” If you’re going to do any business online, you’ve got to trust someone, and knowing who the trusted trusters for trusting are is a great place to start. Let’s start with […]
Check These Facebook Settings!
Let’s start out with one reality: You are NOT the customer of Facebook. You are the product. Rather, your attention is the product. Facebook is delivering your attention to advertisers. Since YOU aren’t paying for use of Facebook, Facebook stays alive by receiving money from advertisers vying for your attention. So it is in Facebook’s best interest to deliver as […]