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Your Phone and AirDrop Name Are "Code" For Your Privacy. Change It NOW!
Originally written: nov.2016. Updated: August 2023 Thinking about Changing Your AirDrop name on iPhone or Android Super-smart! Here's Why: There's been a lot of news lately about stalkers using Your...
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The Best Age To Get A Kid A Phone. Here's How To Decide When.
As a parent it's one of the most important decisions you'll make, how old will your child be when they get a cellphone. From Cyber issues to Social Media FOMO...
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Is Your Employer Tracking Your Every Word? Google Vault Privacy, Data and Security- Saved for 100 years!
Your Digital Privacy at work may be compromised! Google Vault: It's a wide open look at how everything we type onto the Gmail server or Facebook or LinkedIn servers--stays. The...
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How to Blur Out Your Home on Google Maps Street View to Protect Your Privacy
Did you know that anyone in the world can see the outside of your house using Google Maps Street View or Apple Maps Look Around feature? It’s creepy… but it’s...
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How To OPT Out Of Amazon's Sidewalk. ECHO And RING Are Automatically Invading Your Privacy! Here's How To Turn It Off
Do you think we need more access to Alexa the wireless virtual assistant? She's in millions of bedrooms and kitchens, now Amazon wants Alexa to join you everywhere you...
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Why You Need to Change Your WiFi Name And Password & How To Do It
When talking WiFi names and passwords, chances are our password falls into one of two buckets 1) The same ridiculously long password that your provider set when you got the...
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4 Top Instagram Privacy Tips and 8 Ways to Protect from Being Hacked
Isn't it lovely to know--When it Comes to Some of What You Share On Instagram-You're in Charge. Are You Sharing Everywhere you Go? Everything You Like Of Another Instagrammer? Every...
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Where Art Thou, Laptop Mic? Find Microphone on Laptops and Desktop Computers
At Tech Wellness we Care About Your Privacy If you've heard about cyber stalking/hacking/spying and you want to make sure foul play doesn't happen to you, then you're probably want...
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Online Privacy: Surveillance, Facial Recognition And What Facebook and Google Do With Our Stuff
In The Online Privacy World, Privacy is Getting Harder and Harder to Come By. If online privacy is something you care about—whether that be just for yourself, or for your...
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Don't Google it! 3 Top Search Engines for Your PRIVACY! Duck Duck Go, Start Page, Yippy Yippy YEA
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Bing want to make your business their business. Your privacy is at stake. They collect and sell your information- you know it's true when you see...
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Cortana, Thanks. But No Thanks. I'll Keep My Privacy to Myself
How to Turn Off Cortana: Hey, Cortana, don't invade my privacy So many people tell me that Cortana is driving them crazy. Bing, Cortana and Microsoft Privacy Policies are all...
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5 Ways To Hush Your iPhone's Privacy Invasion
Being A Bit Stealth, May Be A Good Idea Our smartphones are super-smart when it comes to knowing where we are and what we're doing. It is getting more and...
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Privacy: Apple iPhone AND Google Android? See How To KEEP THEM PRIVATE
Like it or not, your phone is an extension of you and consumers are divided over their allegiances to their device company. Self-described "techies" seem to prefer Android phones which...
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Your Internet "Beef" Is Now Contributing to a $83 Billion Dollar Biz.
Your Digital Privacy: Squashed It's been a sad day in politics for your privacy rights. We were hoping this wasn't going to happen. As of March 28, 2017, the House...
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Cyber Security & Search Engine, You're On 'The Hot Seat'!
Who Doesn't Love Spotlight? I’ve always loved the Search feature on the Mac's with the little magnifying glass up in the corner. It truly is a lovely shortcut that searches...
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IoT & Toys Containing Private Voice Recordings (Can We Say, Creepy?)
Internet of Things is becoming more problematic When it comes to the Internet of Things or IoT (especially with toys), it seems people will never learn! We've covered this story...
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Push Dropbox's Nosey-Self Out Of Your Computer Biz
DropBox Is Allowed to Do WHAT?! Take control of your computer. Yes. If you have Dropbox, check Privacy in your System Preferences: We're all about solutions here at TechWellness, so...
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Your Digital Privacy Is Violated For Lots Of Dough, With Vizio: Here's How To Stop It
Sneaky Digital privacy policy fined by the FTC Breaking digital privacy news: Your SmartTV has been spying on you without consent for two years and they just got in trouble...
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Google Vault Hangs On Your Every Word & Not In A Romantic Way. Gmail Privacy
Google Vault is a an email Privacy issue no one is talking about. Is your company email, Gmail? If email privacy matters to you, you're gonna wanna find out. Here's...
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Why Opting Out of Family Tree is a Legitimate Reason
Here’s how to opt out of Family Tree Now using their privacy policy: 1. Enable cookies 2. Go to the bottom of familytreenow.com home page. Click "Privacy Policy" 3....
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No More Cookies For Us (But We Can Still Have The Yummy Kind, Phew!)
Lots of details below and a Step-by-Step guide! Privacy and Cookies Cyber Security, it's a hot topic here at Tech Wellness, and those cookies, they sound so yummy. However, when it...
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Hacker, No Hacking!
Your digital privacy and cybersecurity are at risk! Since 2016, there has been an ongoing campaign to fraudulently obtain access (or "hack") to your iCloud account. Phishing refers to an email...
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Your Internet Privacy Is At Risk: Fix It In A Snap!
Prepare to be SHOCKED Right after you read this article, go to www.familytreenow.com and enter your name. You’ll be shocked at what you see! You, your birthdate, all of your...
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iCloud Has Been Phishin' For Your Digital Privacy
Since 2016, there has been an ongoing campaign to fraudulently obtain access to your iCloud account. Phishing refers to an email that attempts to fraudulently acquire personal information from you, such...
