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Lately, my inbox has been overrun with cries for help. Folks are telling me that their Facebook account has been hacked! The hackers are out there using a little social engineering to figure out your password and get total control of your Facebook. “Someone hacked my Facebook and changed my password” “Someone hacked my Facebook … Continue reading What to do if your Facebook account has been hacked?
This is short and sweet – 5 steps to keep you safe from Facebook Hacking. If you want more tips, please sign up for our emails. (Updated from 31 March 2020.) Chris has been getting a lot of calls recently about hacked Facebook accounts. A lot of the Facebook hacking starts when you click on … Continue reading Facebook Hacking is on the rise! (It’s not your imagination.)
If you have been reading my posts for any length of time, you know that my biggest bug a boo is privacy. Second, of course, is security. In hopes that others will want to learn a little about privacy, I’ve searched the interwebs for some of the best articles out there right now about why … Continue reading 4 Articles about Online Privacy
Never have I been so happy that I already have a virtual office set up as I have been for the past few months. Last year I traveled several times to the East Coast while my kids hiked the Appalachian Trail. Because of my virtual office set up, I was able to manage our business … Continue reading How is a Coffee Shop Like a Sickbed? 8 Things You Need to Set Up a Great Virtual Office
Over the last week or so, I’ve been hearing more about “Fake News” websites. I’ve been aware, for a while, of websites that seem more biased, but I hadn’t been aware of websites with actual fake news. An off-shoot of this issue is that these websites sometimes include malware. Several of our customers got a … Continue reading 8 Tips For Determining Fake News Sites
Facebook Advertisements: Did you see the Press Release from Facebook last week? They say they have figured out how to show ads even to people who use Ad Blocking software. Why? (Sarcasm alert!) Because Facebook knows better than you do, what is relevant to you and can show you ads that are appealing to you. … Continue reading Facebook and Ad Blocking
Have you downloaded the new Pokemon Go App yet? Are you playing it? It seems to be taking the nation by storm! You can find out all about it at the Pokemon website: http://www.pokemongo.com and you can download it from the iTunes store or, for the Android from Google Play. If you are playing, make … Continue reading 5 Good Things to Know about Pokemon Go
Social Media: I don’t know about you, but my Facebook is getting full of posts about politics. Sometimes I agree with my Facebook friend, and sometimes I don’t. Sometimes the posts are downright offensive! I have a trick I use to minimize the number of times I see those offensive posts. It also helps minimize … Continue reading Facebook and Politics
I ambled down the rabbit hole and stumbled across this old PC Magazine article from 2008. In the article, they look at futuristic devices introduced in movies and show how those ideas have come to fruition in 2008. There’s the transformer cell phone. Watch the Youtube here. There’s the hoverboard and another Youtube. And there’s … Continue reading Wearables
Every once in a while I read a story that makes me say: WHAT? Today was one of those days. According to this article in arsTechnica, the US Customs and Border Protection is considering adding a new field to their Visa application process. They will be asking visitors to the US to provide their Social … Continue reading Sharing Your Social Media Identity with the Government