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Google’s Shielded Email A Game Changer? Online privacy is a current and continually growing concern. Google is upping its game with a proposed feature for Gmail: Disposable email addresses. Currently called “Shielded Email”. Its goal is to provide users with the temporary, burner email address […]
What Is An SSID? SSID stands for Service Set Identifier. It is a unique name that identifies a particular wireless network. When you connect your device to a Wi-Fi network, the SSID is what appears as the network’s name in the list of available networks.
Your Router’s WPA Button – How To Use it Prior to the introduction of the WPA button (often called WPS or Wi-Fi Protected Setup) there were several steps that had to be completed to ensure that your wireless device correctly connected to you home router.
Microsoft is shutting down Skype in May 2025. The company announced this in an X statement. Starting in May 2025, Skype will no longer be available. Over the coming days you can sign in to Microsoft Teams Free with your Skype account to stay connected
Today, I read an article in The Wall Street Journal about a Disney employee whose life was destroyed because he didn’t have two-factor authentication (2FA) turned on in his password manager. I thought, “What an idiot! He certainly was not a DCT reader! All DCT readers
The last few weeks I have been teaching you all about Facebook. If you missed those articles you can check them out here: How To Unblock People On Facebook How To Block People On Facebook How To Unfollow Facebook Pages/People Now that you have caught
I was playing a YouTube video. It got stuck playing in a loop and I couldn’t stop it from playing. I finally bit the bullet and upgraded my cable to the TiVo system. My main reason was that it was $60 cheaper than what I
If you have trouble coming up with good passwords and you use the “Bitwarden” browser extension, you are in luck. Bitwarden has a built-in password generator. I am going to demonstrate how it works by creating an account at tinyurl.com Go to their site and click on
As many of you know, our very own Jason Shuffield writes weekly articles for DavesComputerTips. What you might not know is that he also produces informative weekly videos on our YouTube channel. They are not necessarily the same ones you see here on our blog.
I recently updated my Credit Union account information because they upgraded their systems. That means I had to change my login information on my account online and also my credentials in my password manager, Bitwarden. Bitwarden, they don’t make it easy. They don’t even allow
I don’t need YouTube or any other media service nannying me with annoying messages pointing out facts of which I am already aware. That’s nearly as rant-inducing as having ads rammed down your throat which is why I subscribe to YouTube Premium. Also, it’s bad
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Last week we covered another article about Roku. If you missed that, you can find it here: How To Save Bandwidth On Roku This week I thought we would change the subject. You might be asking, ‘What new lesson will you be teaching?’ I was
Last time I showed you how to delete emails that were older than a year. So now I will show you how to delete Gmail by a specific year. This is a lot easier than I imagine you may have thought. It is a new
AdGuard, mainly known for its ad-blocker, has recently introduced a new free email alias and temporary email service known as AdGuard Mail. AdGuard Mail is available either as a web-based service or an installable app. AdGuard Mail provides both email aliases and temporary/disposable email addresses.
