YouTube is really getting on my tits lately! The reason I signed up for YouTube Premium in the first place was to not be bombarded by moronic ads every few minutes, not to mention the super-low price of $3 per month where I live. However, […]
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As I’ve mentioned already in other articles, the UK Online Safety Act (OSA) now requires UK visitors to certain websites, such as Reddit, Spotify, and Wikipedia, to verify their age with a selfie or other means of ID. It’s worth noting here that national ID
Last week, we talked about how to turn off tracking on Instagram. If you missed that one, here it is: How To Turn Off Map Location Instagram This week, I wanted to continue to keep you informed on those mobile devices. What am I talking
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This is a weird one. Opera is to blame, of course. I noticed my browser was slowly being taken over by the Spanish language. I have nothing against it, I just can’t speak it. This morning, I went to Facebook, and the login page was
The Edge browser is not exactly renowned for its privacy. I do realize, however, that a lot of folks use Edge because it is already built into Windows, and besides which, it is a pretty decent browser. Here, then, are the settings you can adjust
What Is Browser Fingerprinting When you visit a website, your browser divulges a surprising amount of information, such as your operating system, browser, screen resolution, list of extensions, time zone, language settings, and much more. This information is collated to create a “fingerprint”, and because
Browsers And Search Engines Many (if not most) of my clients do not understand the difference between a browser and a search engine. So, for the uninitiated, let’s start there: Browser: A web browser is a software application that allows users to access and view
When I try to select a photo to upload to Twitter, instead of the select the pictures to upload dialogue box that you would normally expect, I get this band of pictures at the bottom of the browser screen. It wouldn’t be so bad except
Last week, we covered how you can Change the Side Button Settings on Samsung. If you missed that, you can check it out here: How To Change Side Button Settings Samsung This week, I wanted to change gears and talk about our favorite browser. That
I received this message from my Opera browser on two separate computers. The message read: “The extension upgrade requires additional permissions. Go to the extension manager to accept the upgrade.” Then, an option to click reads “Go to Extensions”. Clicking on it sends you to
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Background After a recent update to my Brave browser, I noticed that visited links no longer appear visited (i.e., the link is not displayed in a different color, commonly referred to as “purple links”). I opened Chrome and it was present there, too. This makes
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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Last week I jumped off the subject of How-to’s and shared my top 10 gift ideas. If you missed that fun article, you can find it here: Top 10 Tech Gifts For The Family This week we are going to get back to teaching you
The end of websites as we know them? I came across an interesting article recently wherein the author predicts that search results will no longer include links to websites and the dire consequences of that transformation. The author believes that with the advent of AI,
