At our November seminar, I briefly answered the question: Should you use the DuckDuckGo browser? In this post, I'd like to expand on that question. Also, I want to share some setting suggestions should you decide to use it. Privacy DuckDuckGo's claim to fame is that searches are more private. Therefore, when you search for …
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PayPal
PayPal - we hear lots of feedback from customers about it. Some already use it and appreciate the benefits of being able to use it instead of spreading their credit/debit card numbers all over the Internet. Others have had issues with PayPal while some customers don't even know what it is. In this post, I'll …
What Is The Cookie Pop-up I Keep Seeing On Websites? GDPR Cookie Consent?
What are those pop-ups you're seeing on a lot of sites, including ours, that ask you to accept cookies? (If you click on either of the two pictures above, you'll see larger images so that you can make out what each image has in text.) The messages have to do with General Data Protection Regulation …
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Fact-Checking Is Important!
Recently, a Facebook friend of mine posted a message she had copied from someone else. Here is the message: "I understand that some of us differ in our beliefs regarding COVID19. I also understand that many people will be downloading the COVID19 app. However, if I am one of your "contacts" and you intend on …
Mobile Phone Privacy
Our phones are great tools with which we can do so much. We can order food, have a share-ride service pick us up, pay for gas at the pump, buy products and much, much more. Unfortunately, there is a price to pay when using some of these opportunities – privacy. For instance, you can’t use …
Need A VPN?
I'm getting more inquiries about VPNs. We're all seeing more ads about them and a larger variety of companies are offering them. But, what exactly is a VPN, and do you really need one? VPN Definition As the picture above spells out, the acronym VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. A VPN is like a …
Pull The Plug
When I spoke at the Stuart Rotary Club's weekly meeting yesterday, I was asked, "How can I have less 'looking-over-my-shoulder' when I'm online?" Let me give you an example of what the person meant. Recently, my vehicle died. (It has almost 300,000 miles on it so I'm not complaining.) On my computer, in a browser, …
