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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Thursday, January 6, 2021.
Topics covered in this issue…
• Why it’s super-important to protect your email account from hackers
• How to easily back up the photos on your smartphone
• How to use an unused tablet as a digital picture frame
• How to prevent your shower curtain from sticking to your body
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
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Today’s Quick Tip….
Why it’s super-important to protect your email account from hackers
Ask most anyone to list their most important online accounts and they’ll probably place their banking and other financial accounts at the top of the list, for obvious reasons.
It’s also a pretty good bet that their email account will be listed pretty low in the list, probably after their social media and video streaming accounts.
But guess what? It’s your email account that should be listed above pretty much everything else.
Why? Because your email account is the skeleton key to so many other types of accounts.
Think about this for a moment…
When you forget the password to one of your accounts you click a “Forgot password?” link (or something similar), right?
And what do they almost always ask for at the beginning of the password reset process?
That’s right – your email address.
Once you have entered the email address that’s associated with that account they’ll send you an email with a link you can click to reset your password.
The thing is, if you can use your email account to reset the passwords to your other important accounts, so could any hacker who manages to somehow break into your email account.
That’s why it’s so important to take steps to ensure that your email account is secure from hacking attempts. Here are a few tips that can help:
1 – Choose a password for your email account that’s strong, yet easy to remember.
2 – Make sure you never share that password with anyone you wouldn’t trust with the key to your house and your ATM card.
3 – If your email provider supports it, enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) on your account.
4 – If your email provider doesn’t support 2FA you should seriously consider switching to one that does.
5 – Don’t fall for fraudulent phishing emails that attempt to trick you into handing over the password to your email account.
6 – Don’t enter your email password into a fake login page for Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL Mail or any other email service. Always visit their login page directly from a known-good URL and login to your account from there.
That pretty much sums it up. Doing everything you can to protect your email account from hackers will go a long way towards protecting all of your other important accounts.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips…
• How to easily back up the photos on your smartphone
Backing up your smartphone’s photos to the cloud will ensure that you won’t lose them if something ever happens to your phone. This post has the info you’ll need to get started.
• How to use an unused tablet as a digital picture frame
Did you know an unused tablet can make an excellent digital picture frame? This post explains how to make the ‘conversion’.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
Every morning I post a new photo that I find inspiring, intriguing, or just plain beautiful to look at. Jumpstart your day by checking it out.
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Rick’s Daily Pick…
LapGear Home Office Lap Desk with Device Ledge (#ad)
Do you often use your laptop in places where there is no desk or table available to set it on?
This handy lap desk can make using your laptop a lot easier and safer than simply allowing it to rest on your lap.
Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
How to prevent your shower curtain from sticking to your body
Do you dislike having your shower curtain stick to your body as much as I do? This post explains two ways to stop it.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Instagram’s chronological feed is coming back
• Drone carrying a defibrillator saves its first heart attack patient
• Google plans to make Android work better with all of your other devices
• Volvo is bringing YouTube and Google Home integration to its vehicles
• This ‘soundbar’ beams audio straight to your ears, no headphones required
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