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How to quickly identify scam emails

Posted on February 6, 2024

As you probably know, scammers and hackers have been using fraudulent emails to practice their illicit trade ever since the invention of email itself.

Unfortunately, government regulations and cyber-security measures have done little to prevent malicious emails from making their way into our inboxes.

Even worse, many scammers and hackers are now very good at creating fake emails that are difficult to distinguish from the real emails we receive from banks, PayPal and other online services on a daily basis.

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How to download your entire Tweet history from X

Posted on February 6, 2024

If you’ve been using X (formerly Twitter) for a while you’ve probably posted a LOT of Tweets since the day you first opened your account.

After all, it’s not unusual for active X users to post thousands of Tweets each and every year.

Have you ever thought it might be cool to have an archive of all of your Tweets, beginning with the very first one you posted way back when?

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Warning: Your privacy settings can’t guarantee your privacy on Facebook

Posted on February 4, 2024

“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.

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How (and why) to add new local user account in Windows 11

Posted on February 1, 2024

It’s no secret that Microsoft wants every Windows 11 user to sign into their PC with a Microsoft account.

In fact, they have even designed Windows 11 in a way that prevents a few of its most useful features from even working if you’re signed in with a local account.

But guess what? I don’t really like the idea of signing in to my computer with an Internet-based account, for two reasons:  [Read more…]

Warning: Be careful about what you share with your Facebook friends

Posted on January 29, 2024

As you probably know, Facebook asks for some pretty sensitive information when someone signs up for an account.

For example, among other things they request our address, phone number and birthdate.

Many folks just go ahead and enter whatever info Facebook asks for without giving it a second thought, and then they make that info viewable by all of their Facebook friends.

Even worse, lots of other folks make their personal info viewable by the general public (i.e. billions of complete strangers)!

That, in my opinion, is a very bad mistake.  [Read more…]

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