Collaborate Disseminate
Last year, kids across the world became pros at digital learning. They became wizards at Wi-Fi, sorcerers on smartphones, and mere apprentices at internet privacy. Whether they are attending in person or still remote, it’s already time to start p… Continue reading Back To School Protection, Privacy, and Security Software | Avast
Have you ever gotten a call from an unknown number claiming that there’s a serious problem with your computer? It’s likely you have — these types of calls, called tech support fraud, are more common than they ever have been before. Scammers take … Continue reading Tech Support Scammer Language | Avast
Finding out someone’s address used to be kind of hard — or at least took some effort. I’m old enough to remember a time when you had to grab that brick called the “yellow pages” to search for someone’s address. We were taught how to do it in schoo… Continue reading Who Can See Your Address Online? | Avast
Now that you’ve read our blog entry, “What is your digital footprint?”, you know everything you share and do online is permanent and can either help or hurt your reputation. Are you ready to clean up your online reputation for job interviews, back… Continue reading How To Clean Up Your Digital Footprint | Avast
If you’re active online, you have a digital footprint. Everyone does. Every comment made on social media, every news article shared, and every purchase made online contributes to a person’s data trail. Your data trail reveals a detailed picture of… Continue reading What Is Your Digital Footprint? | Avast
Millennials are the first “digital natives,” people born into a world of digital tools. Every generation that follows will also grow up with touch screens, apps, and internet-connected devices as regular parts of life, but Millennials were the first t… Continue reading Reclaim Your Online Privacy | Avast
As more of the world looks toward a post-pandemic life, it’s important for small and medium business leaders to think about what they want their businesses to look like and how they operate moving forward.
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When we talk about “surveillance culture” or the “surveillance economy” in the tech world, we’re usually talking about digital surveillance. Tracking on social media. Cookies across the web. Data brokers creating “shadow profiles.” But this week on Wha… Continue reading What Data Security Cameras Collect | Avast
Amazon is releasing a new service called Sidewalk, which allows people to share their wireless network with their neighbors over a low-power Bluetooth mesh network. If you want to read more, Amazon has published details on Sidewalk here. The main bene… Continue reading Amazon Sidewalk is right around the corner – do you need to walk away?
On Monday, June 7, at 12 PM Eastern US time, I’ll be giving a presentation to the National Council on Aging’s Age+Action conference titled “Protect Yourself and Others from Tech Support Scams.”
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