A great How To guide for Online Privacy
The reality is, though we really shouldn’t be using this technology¹, we kind of have to. If you have a brain, you should be taking at least a few simple steps to secure your devices, and your activities, from the bad guys – whomever they happen to be today.. This PC Magazine resource can help, regardless your skill level, or device type (Yes, you Apple people need to read this too!)
* How to Stay Anonymous Online
“We live in a world of mass surveillance. Here’s how to stay anonymous online without ditching the internet entirely.” Read more..
If this information is nothing new to you, you can probably think of a few friends and relatives who really need to learn it..
¹ daily headlines like this, for example..
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Opera Browser Now Offers Free VPN Service
I tip my geek hat to the folks over at Opera.
* Opera Browser Now Offers Free and Unlimited Built-in VPN Service
“Opera becomes the first web browser to offer a built-in Free, unlimited and 256-bit encrypted VPN service for everyone.
Opera’s Free VPN protects unencrypted browser session from leaking on public WiFi networks and will also let unblock firewalls to improve privacy and security.” Read more..
* Get the Opera browser here.
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Not a bad cellphone pic, eh? Click on image to see more by this artist
“Spring 2011” by SurFeRGiRL30, courtesy of Flickr Commons
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Today’s quote: “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” ~ Aldous Huxley
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Mid-April
Tuesday is my usual day for posting what I call “Tuesday Tidbits”; tech headlines (or other tech articles) I find interesting.
But this week there are none. At least, not that I noticed. I found one.
There’s not even any I think you might find interesting (or that I think you ‘ought to know’).
* Now you can download your entire search history from Google
“Earlier this year, Google quietly rolled out a new feature that lets users download their search history.” Read more..
Today’s quote: “Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.” ~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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Friday Good Stuff
Here are a few items for your Friday.
* Why TV is doomed: HBO Now and the new cord-cutting economics
“The entire old-school television distribution system has been rocked by a quake of epic magnitude. Now I can watch whatever I want — and save hundreds of dollars a year.” Read more..
“If you are looking for a FREE internet based TV like environment you may enjoy exploring Pluto TV where the amount of content is amazing.” Read more..
That number should be much much higher, IMHO. But.
* I don’t care about the Apple Watch. Would never own/wear an Apple Watch. And as a family-friendly blogger, cannot print what I think about the Apple Watch. If you’re looking for info on the Apple Watch, well, every single tech website out there has oodles & oodles of drooling propaganda advertising hype articles on the latest Apple gizmo, so feel free togo to one of those. (To do so, click here.)
* Firefox helps you cover your assets with latest Tracking Protection feature
“Did you know that not all websites honor Do Not Track? If privacy while browsing is at the top of your priority list, Jack Wallen offers up a Firefox tip that just might allow you to sigh a breath of private air.” Read more..
[My best guess is that no website {0} honors ‘Do Not Track’, actually.. Why should they? Tracking you pays $$$.]
Today’s Important Message: As you know, tax season is a “prime cybercrime season”, and we are warned to be on the alert for bogus IRS emails/phone calls. Truth is.. it’s always “Prime Cybercrime Season”, and we must realize it. Operating with an ever-vigilant healthy paranoia has to be our day-to-day.
Today’s Poll:
Today’s Fun Video:
Today’s quote: “For it is in giving that we receive.” ~ Francis of Assisi
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Tuesday Items
Folks, here are a few headlines and articles I found worthy of recommendation:
* Despite security flaws, legal failures: How to fight revenge porn
“The celebrity stolen nudes scandal has shined an uncomfortable light on everything from cloud security to sexual privacy. Now there’s finally a very public conversation happening about how hard it is for women to fight online attacks such as this.
I think it’s time to talk about fighting back.” Read more..
[ The article provides tips and advice for getting your stuff {i.e. embarrassing photos} removed {“taken down”} from the Internet. It’s not really about porn. ]
This article has me seriously re-interested in ditching Android and switching to a Windows phone; but what it says about Google is worth the read, too: Nokia 925: My first Windows phone
“What’s it like for a lifetime Apple and Android user to begin using a Windows phone? Violet Blue found out.” Read more..
And the follow-up article: The Windows phone: One month later
“It’s been just over one month since Violet Blue switched from being a lifetime Apple and Android user to trying out a Nokia 925. Our newest Windows Phone user has a few things to say.” Read more..
For those anxious for Windows 10 (and/or the new “Spartan” browser):
This is Spartan! Windows 10 Technical Preview, Build 10049
“With Build 10049 of Windows 10 Technical Preview, Greg Shultz gets his hands on the Project Spartan browser. Take a look at some of the changes you can expect to see.” Read more..
And.. I’ve said it before: Heads up people: Tech neck is crimpin’ my style and your skin
“That’s because people on BART and buses and in public places don’t talk to each other so much anymore. Heck, some of them can hardly lift up their heads to look away from the tiny screens they hold in their hands.” Read more..
Well, that’s enough for today. If you read only one, read the first one; it’ll make you more aware of how tech (and the Internet) really work. Have a good one, everybody.
Today’s quotable quote: “When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.” ~ Thomas S. Monson
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Five free utilities that help protect your online privacy
Folks, here are a few tools to help you fight the good fight.
* Five utilities that help protect your online privacy
“As awesome as the internet is, it might also be the biggest threat to personal privacy the world has ever known. But even though it’s tough to guarantee total privacy in a connected world, a number of tools can help you to maintain some degree of personal privacy. This article discusses five such utilities.” Read more..
..as I would like to believe there still is some privacy left in the world.. But truth is, Google (already) knows more about you than your spouse does. (I would rephrase that blurb a wee bit, myself. Ahem. Such as “tough to guarantee” — try “impossible”.)
Today’s Fun Video:
Today’s quotable quote: “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.” ~ Kahlil Gibran
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• About Tech Paul
I am a Retired computer & network technician. I used to think the machines were pretty cool. Now I don’t.
They’re anything but.
I regularly posted how-to’s and tricks & tips and general computing advice here starting in 2007. (Use the Search tool to find answers. But be aware, many are rather dated.) Sometimes I answered (your) specific questions in an article if I believed the answer was generally helpful to “everyone”. All the writing you see was my own, typos and all. There always is/was an implied “IMHO” in what you see here.
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