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Question from Linda: I hate it when a website I’m visiting pops up a little box asking me to let them know my location.
I always click “Don’t allow” every time I get that message, but I’d really like to stop receiving them in the first place.
Can you tell me what I need to do to stop websites from even asking for my location? [Read more…]
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Question from Patty: We have a special election coming up in my area and I keep getting those voting reminder messages from Facebook in my Newsfeed.
I always vote and I don’t need Facebook reminding me to go and do it.
Is there any way to turn those voting related messages off? [Read more…]
Question from Bill: I hope you can help me with a Windows issue, Rick.
When I click the Start button and search for something it always gives me a bunch of results from the web right below the regular results it found on the computer.
I’d love to get rid of those web results because I’m always clicking on them thinking it’s finding something on my computer when it’s really on some website.
Is there any way to omit the web results from my Windows searches? [Read more…]
Question from Liz: I recently found out that everyone who looks at my Facebook can see my profile picture.
I don’t like that because I don’t want all the stalkers and scammers that are on Facebook to be able to see any of my pictures.
Lord only knows what they could do with it if they ever managed to steal one of them.
I finally got my settings changed to where it hides my posts and the rest of my pictures from strangers, but my profile picture is always visible even with its privacy set to “Only Me”.
How can I make it so that only the people who are actually friends with me on Facebook can see my profile picture? [Read more…]
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Question from Martha: About three or four times a month I get a call from the number (205) 595-XXXX.
(I blanked out the last four digits to protect the caller in case everything is on the up and up.)
The strange thing is this person just calls and then hangs up just as soon as I answer. Then it’ll be a week or two before they call again.
I won’t tell you where I live because I don’t want this person to see it and hunt me down. I know I’m probably just being paranoid, but it does worry me.
My question for you is do you know if it’s possible to determine where that caller is located just from looking at the phone number? [Read more…]