Pre-Paid Remote Support! Available now: Pre-paid blocks of time for remote repairs - $30 for 30 mins (or $25 for Constant Care subscribers). Usage is done in 5 min increments. Currently, remote repairs are billed at $60/hr with a half-hour minimum which is more cost-efficient than a full on-site service call would be. However,…
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Facebook scams are still huge.
Facebook scams are still huge. I'm seeing so many of these lately where somebody sees some giveaway and, without thinking about how unbelievably too-good the offer is, clicks Like or Share. Here's some tips on how to recognize these scammers: MOST giveaways on Facebook are scams. Unless it's a very local company like a restaurant…
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Non-HTTPS Sites Labeled “Not Secure” by Chrome
Non-HTTPS Sites to be Labeled “Not Secure” by Chrome Here's the important part: this only matters if it's a site where you'd enter any sort of a login or credit card information. If "Joe's Blog" is not secure, there's no problem there because you're just there to read his pithy observations. Now, if you go…
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Today, the FBI becomes the enemy of every computer user and every IT security professional worldwide
Today, the FBI becomes the enemy of every computer user and every IT security professional worldwide Hope you enjoyed your privacy while you had it because the FBI's been given authority to take it away from you, regardless of your location and silly things like, you know, jurisdiction. Today December 1, the United States FBI…
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