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In Parts 1 and 2 of this article, I explained what a VPN is, the reasons to put one on a router, equipment concerns, how to add a VPN client to a router, and what modifications to make to the default settings. In this part […]
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There are a number of reasons why users might want to compress (reduce the file size) of images and/or PDFs, but the main reasons would probably be to send images/PDFs as email attachments or to post images on social media. Optimizing images for a website
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In Part 1 of this article, I explained what a VPN is, the reasons to put a VPN on a router, and equipment concerns. In this part of the article, I will cover how to add a VPN client to a router and what modifications
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I decided to turn my router into a VPN router by adding a VPN client to my home network. Note: A VPN Client is different than a VPN Server. A VPN Server allows a secure connection to the home network (for access to the home
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Mozilla, the parent company of Firefox, just changed its Firefox FAQ. The old Firefox FAQ included a promise that Mozilla would never sell a user’s personal data. But Mozilla removed that promise in its new FAQ. The Old FAQ If we go to the Internet
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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