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Securing Your Online Information
Securing Your Online Information
I had coffee recently with a super fun group of ladies. The topic came up about personal information available on the internet when one mentioned she’d received an email from Facebook asking for her phone number. She ID’d it as a scam and deleted it. I believe it was probably a legit email, but it never hurts to be careful.
That discussion, and a request from a dear friend, warranted a blog about…
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Tax Time 2015
I’m recycling a past blog as the timing is right for it.
Remember there are a lot of telephone scams that sound legit. Be safe everyone.
Click this link to read all about it.
Scammers Posing as the IRS
Have a fantastic rest of the week, and thanks again for following Patti’s Pathways.
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Setting Default Programs
Finally, we’re talking about setting default programs. Thanks for being so patient.
Every computer application has a designated program that opens it. Most of these are set to a default when you load or download the program.
What’s a computer application? A computer application is software that lets you perform a basic task (or sometimes not so basic).
Examples of computer applications are word…
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Faster Computing: Startup Programs
Faster Computing: Startup Programs
Since it’s still early in the year, we’re continuing our journey into making your computer run faster, smoother, and just happier in general.
Today we’re talking about the programs that load when you start your computer.
Psst. Computer savvy people. This might bore you. Come back later, but… y’all come back now, ya’ hear?
There are a lot…a lot…of program downloads that stick a command to start…
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To Shred or Not to Shred
To Shred or Not to Shred
We’ve just started a new year. Now is a great time to sort and shred miscellaneous documents and bills you won’t need any longer.
The big question is what needs shredded versus what can be safely recycled?
Psst. Notice I said recycle and not pitch in the garbage bin. Learn from that. *wink* Recycling is easier than ever.
WHAT CAN SAFELY BE RECYCLE WITHOUT SHREDDING
There’s a lot of things that…
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Giving Out Credit Card Numbers
Giving Out Credit Card Numbers
Happy Holidays! It’s the season of giving, peace on earth, and goodwill to man.
Unfortunately, wrapped up with all the holiday cheer is an upsurgence in unscrupulous people.
After all the looting recently in St. Louis, I wondered how many kids got stolen merchandise as gifts. And how many knew it was stolen? Envision the exchange at a looter holiday. “Here, Johnny. i got you this sparkling new…
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Scammers Posing as IRS
Scammers Posing as IRS
This quick post was necessitated by scam callers…again.
I wanted to make you, my faithful readers, aware of an ongoing telephone scam. This time the call was from people posing as the IRS.
Yesterday, a lovely recorded woman told me if I didn’t pay the money I owed, the IRS would come to my house, seize my property and sell off my assets to pay the bill. There were a few more sentences filled with…
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Facebook: Changes Coming January 1, 2015
Facebook: Changes Coming January 1, 2015
Guess what? The Facebook gods are messing with your Facebook universe again.
In my never-to-be-humble opinion, some of the changes are good, some are not, and some only a few people will care about (a.k.a. developers and programmers).
The Good Stuff:
Privacy Check-Up:
Dear Facebook, Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Facebook is adding prompts to help you do just what I taught you in Facebook:…
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