Computers and Software - Tips & How-Tos
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Go Paperless With a Digital Filing System
Follow these simple steps to get rid of the paper that is cluttering up your home and still have easy access to the important documents in your life.
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How to Clear Browser Cookies
We recommend clearing cookies at least every few months to maintain your privacy and keep your browser running efficiently. Here's our step-by-step guide.
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How to Get Better WiFi
There are many reasons why your WiFi may be sluggish or unreliable. So check out our 14 simple recommendations to troubleshoot your connection problems.
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How to Add a Resume to Your LinkedIn Profile
You can add your resume to your LinkedIn profile, share it with your followers, and upload it to make it searchable by recruiters. Here are the steps.
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How to Protect Your Accounts with Two-Factor Authentication
Two-factor authentication (2FA) prevents hackers from gaining access to your accounts even if they have your password. Here are the best practices for using 2FA.
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How to Capture Screenshots on Your Phone and Computer
Saving what you see on your computer (Windows, Mac or Chromebook) or phone (iOS or Android) is simple if you know the right combination of buttons to push.
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How to Set up a Mesh Network with T-Mobile 5G Home Internet
Setting up a mesh network with 5G Home Internet is straightforward. I’ll walk you through the steps and give you an essential tip for optimal performance.
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Are Chrome or Edge Crashing? It Could Be Your Page File Settings
If you're getting white or black screens, lockups, out-of-memory errors, or extension crashes in your browser, your page file settings may be the issue.
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Should you use Google Password Manager?
Google's password manager is a simple and free solution that works across multiple devices, but it lacks useful features found in dedicated products.
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How to Add an SSD to Your Desktop for Well Under $100
Our guide will walk you through the complete step-by-step process of buying, installing, and formatting a new budget-focused SSD for your Windows desktop.
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How to Replace Your Hard Drive with an SSD to Make your Laptop Faster
There are few ways to make a laptop faster that are as easy and cost-effective as replacing your existing hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD).
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The Complete Guide to Facebook Privacy Settings
Manage your Facebook Privacy settings so you know who is and isn't seeing your posts and take control of how Facebook uses your personal information.
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How to Fix Bluetooth Pairing Problems
Bluetooth can be frustrating when two devices just won't connect. Here are the common causes of pairing problems 16 tips for how you can fix them.
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How to Safely Get Rid of an Old Computer
However you choose to dispose of your computer, remember to remove personal and financial information that someone else could access.
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Forgot Your Apple ID Password? Here's What to Do
If you have forgotten your Apple ID password, it is possible to reset it so you can regain access to your account. Here’s how.
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Use These 5 Tips to Shop More Effectively Using Google
Here are the 5 tools in Google Search and Shopping that make it easy to find exactly what you want for the best price and buy it from a trusted merchant.
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How to Unsend Email
Gmail and Outlook let you unsend an email, if you make sure to enable the feature first. Find out how to set it up and the limitations of the feature.
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How to Change Your Email Address
Follow our step-by-step directions for changing your email address for your Gmail, Microsoft (outlook, hotmail, etc.), Yahoo, and iCloud accounts.
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How to Update an Old iPad
Not all iPads can run the new iPadOS 16. Find out which version of iOS or iPadOS is the latest that's available for your iPad and how to install it.
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Is Your Spouse Cheating? Tech Clues that Give Them Away
Find out if your husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend is cheating on you. Here's how to catch them..how tech provides clues that your spouse is cheating.
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Windows 11 Now Lets You Subtitle Any Video You Watch on Your Laptop
Microsoft’s new Live Captions feature for Windows 11 computers will analyze the audio of videos and video chats and provide subtitles in real time.
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How to Connect a Monitor to Your Windows Laptop
Set up your monitor the right with way with our easy step-by-step instructions and tips for getting the most out of using an external monitor.
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How to Update an Old iPhone
Not all iPhones can run the new iOS 16. Find out which version of iOS is the latest that's available for your iPhone and how to install it.
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7 Steps to Spotting a Charity Scam Before You Donate
We all want to help when a natural disaster strikes, but before donating, follow these 7 steps to ensure your dollars aren't going to scammers.
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Keep Your Facebook Messages Private with Secret Conversations
With Facebook’s Secret Conversations enabled, your messages are encrypted end-to-end, so no one can read them. But there are loopholes.
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How to Prevent Webcam Hacking
Preventing hackers from accessing your webcam is easier than you think. Here are 9 things you can do right now to stop hackers in their tracks.
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What You Need to Know About the Gmail Redesign
Gmail now integrates Chat for messaging and Meet for video conferencing. Here’s how to navigate the redesign and go back to the old view if it’s not for you.
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How to Make Text Larger on Your Phone, Tablet and Computer
Here’s how you can make your smartphone and laptop screens more readable without resorting to reading glasses.
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Best Background Check Services for 2022 Compared and Ranked
Build a safer environment for yourself and your loved ones with these reputable best background check services for reliable and fast background checks.
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4 Ways Your Browser Leaks Personal Information
No matter your browser’s privacy settings, it can still share identifying personal info that could then be exploited by hackers for financial gain.
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How to Change the Default PDF Viewer for Windows
You can easily change your default PDF viewer on your Windows PC to Adobe’s Acrobat Reader for files you download to your PC or open in your browser.
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How to Use Google Password Manager
Passwords you save when using Chrome can sync across all your devices. Here's how to use Google Password Manager on your computer, phone, and tablet.
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How to Switch Email Accounts Without Losing Emails
Want to switch email accounts but are afraid of losing important emails in the process? Here's how to make a smooth transition.
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What is Facebook Account Cloning & What Can You do about It?
Keeping yourself – and your friends – safe from Facebook account cloning scams is simple. This is everything you need to know to protect yourself.
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What To Do When Your Email Gets Hacked
How to prevent your email from getting hacked and the 8 steps to take if you're hacked to get everything back in order and keep hackers out for good.
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How to Use Windows Speech-to-Text for Hands-Free Typing
Speech-to-text may be built into Windows, but it’s not set up. Here’s how to get started with speech-to-text and tips for getting the best results.
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How to Turn Off Chrome Browser Notifications
If you're getting spammed by notifications in your browser, it's easy to turn them all off or just keep getting the notifications you want to receive.
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The Most Useful Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
When you're already using a keyboard to work in an app, knowing a few simple key combinations to perform tasks can save you a lot of time and effort.
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The Most Useful Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
Knowing a few simple key combinations can save you time and effort using your Windows computer.
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12 Tips for Faster Browsing with Google Chrome
Google keeps making browsing more efficient. So even if you've been using Chrome for years, check out our 12 tips to see what you may be missing.
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How to Protect Your Privacy on Public WiFi Networks
Using public WiFi is like having a conversation in a public place: Others can overhear you. Protect your privacy with these five key security tactics.
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How to Sign a Document on Your Phone or Computer
Tired of printing, signing and then scanning documents? Here are the simple steps to create an electronic signature and add it to PDF, Word and other documents.
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How to Hide your Friends List on Facebook
If you don't want your list of Facebook Friends to be available to the public, here's how to hide it.
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The Easiest Way to Send Links between Your Phone and Computer
There’s a simple way to send links directly between your own phone and computer browsers without resorting to emailing or texting yourself.
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How to Tell if Your Facebook Messages Have Been Read
Want to know if your friends have read your messages? Facebook Messenger will tell you when your message has been sent, delivered and read.
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How to Factory Reset Windows
Performing a factory reset is an end-of-the-line solution, when you're out of other options for fixing your PC or ready to give it away or recycle it.
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How to Freeze Cells in Microsoft Excel
Do you want to keep important labels and data in view as you scroll through your Excel worksheets? Here are the steps to freezing those columns and rows.
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How to Lock Cells in Microsoft Excel
Safeguard your Excel worksheets from accidentally deleting formulas or data sets by locking important cells, while leaving the rest of the worksheet editable.
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Make Important Email Standout in Outlook with Color Coding
You can make email from important people automatically stand out in your Outlook mailbox with color coding. Here's how.
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How to Stop Windows 11 from Automatically Updating
There isn't a single switch to stop automatic updates for Windows 11, but I have found three easy ways to disable automatic updates in your settings.
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How to Update Windows 11 to Keep Your Operating System Secure
Find out how to set Windows 11 to install updates automatically or manually to keep your operating system secure and up to date on patches and bug fixes
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How to Install Fonts on a Windows PC
It only takes a few clicks to add fonts to your Windows PC for use in all of your apps. Here are the steps for Windows 10 and Windows 11 computers.
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How to Reverse Image Search Using Google
Sometimes an image does a better job at describing what you're searching for than words. Here's how to search using just an image on your phone and computer. -
How to Tell if an Email Has Been Spoofed
Not sure if an email is real or spoofed? Here's how to access your email header information and which fields clearly show that an email is not what it is purporting to be.
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How to use CamelCamelCamel
Here is how to get started with the CamelCamelCamel Amazon price history tracker. We cover how to use the website and the Camelizer browser extension.
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3 Ways to Spot Amazon Product Ratings Inflated by Fake Reviews
These tools analyze the language in all of a product's reviews and tell you if the Amazon rating is likely inflated by fake reviews.
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How to Download a Video from Facebook
While Facebook doesn’t offer its own tool to download videos, we found an application that lets you easily download Facebook videos to share elsewhere.
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How to Change Your Windows 10 Password
If you’re concerned about unauthorized access to your computer, it only takes a few minutes to change your Windows 10 password to keep your info private.
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How to Print What You See on Your Windows Computer Screen
There are tools built into Windows 10 that make it simple to print exactly what you see on your screen. Here’s how.
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How to Use WhatsApp on Your Computer
WhatsApp may be primarily a smartphone app, but it is easy to use on your computer using the WhatsApp Desktop app for Windows PC or Mac. Here’s how.
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How to Use WhatsApp in Your Web Browser
While WhatsApp is a messaging service designed primarily for smartphones, you can use WhatsApp in your browser on your Windows PC or Mac. Here’s how.
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How to Remove Yourself From People Search Directories
Follow these steps to get your personal information removed from people search directories, including FastPeopleSearch, MyLife, Spokeo and more.
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How to Rotate Your Screen in Windows 10
Here are three simple ways to rotate your screen in Windows 10 to watch videos that are oriented incorrectly or for easier ebook reading on your laptop.
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How to Connect AirPods to a PC
Apple’s AirPods can pair just as easily with your Windows PC as any other pair of Bluetooth headphones. Here’s how.
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How to Unblock YouTube
Had your access to YouTube blocked for legal or content licensing reasons? Here's how to get around the restrictions to access the content you want to watch.
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What is Good WiFi Speed for Your Home?
From older devices to signal interference, these factors may be slowing down your WiFi. Here's how to figure out what's good WiFi speed for your home.
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How to Delete Your Facebook Account Permanently
Tired of Facebook? Here are the simple steps to permanently delete your Facebook account and all of your history or temporarily deactivate it.
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How to Recall Email in Outlook
Have you ever regretted an email immediately after you've sent it? Outlook lets you recall email. Here are the steps you need to take.
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How to Take a Screenshot on a PC
Want to capture part of your screen, a specific window or your entire display to send to a friend or use in a document? This simple, built-in Windows tool is exactly what you need.
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11 Gmail Tips that Will Save You Time
Gmail is packed with features that can improve your productivity. Here are the 11 Gmail features you should be using to save time every day.
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10 Things You Can Do Now to Improve Your Online Security
Here are 10 things you can do now to protect yourself from hackers and all of them are free.
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Instagram 101: Understanding the Basics
Master the basics of the photo and video sharing social network Instagram with our guide that covers everything you need to know to get started.
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12 Google Search Tips Everyone Should Know
By using a few simple tricks, you can quickly and easily whittle down your results to get exactly the information you're looking for.
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How to Remove Zoombombing Videos from Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter & YouTube
Get offensive and dangerous zoombombing videos removed from any of the major video sharing platforms and hold accountable those who captured and posted them.
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How to Share Files Between Your Android Phone & Windows PC with Bluetooth
If you want to share files between an Android phone and a Windows PC but you don't have a cable handy, sharing over Bluetooth is a quick and easy option
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What is Good WiFi Speed?
Here's how to determine how much internet bandwidth you need in your home to stream movies and browse the internet without stuttering or slowdowns.
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How to Boost Your WiFi for Better Video Calling
From detecting the strongest WiFi signal to managing your WiFi network traffic, here’s how you can improve your WiFi for high-quality video calls.
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How to Sign an Electronic Document
Tired of printing, signing and then scanning documents? Here are the simple steps to signing PDF and Word documents on your phone and computer.
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How to Create an Electronic Signature
Here are the simple steps to create an electronic signature so you can easily add it to PDF, Word and other documents.
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How to Use Your Own Router for Verizon Fios
Follow these steps to use your own router for Verizon Fios service and avoid Verizon's outrageous rental fees.
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How to add an iCal event (.ics file) to your Google calendar
Avoid manually entering events. It's easy to add iCal invites (.ics files) to your Google calendar if you follow these simple steps.
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11 Online Shopping Safety Tips
The internet may be filled with misleading links and potential scams, but these expert-approved tips will help you shop safely this holiday season.
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How to Find Archived Webpages
Nothing's gone forever. Even if your favorite website goes offline for good or a site takes pages down, it's easy to look up an archived copy.
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How to Perform a Reverse Image Search
It's quick and easy to search with images rather than text — and it has a ton of handy uses. Find out how to reverse image search with your computer and phone.
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How to Spot a Deepfake Video
Digitally manipulated video can depict celebrities, politicians and other people saying and doing things they never did. Here’s how to spot the signs of a deepfake.
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How to Browse the Web Anonymously
Want extra privacy online? Here are the tools you need to keep your browsing activities hidden.
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How to Avoid Fake Recruiting Scams
What is legitimate for recruiters to ask candidates and how you can recognize when you're being scammed? Here's how to tell when a job pitch isn't for real.
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15 Reasons Why Your Computer is Slow
The 15 most common reasons why your computer is so slow – and the simple measures anyone can take to make your desktop or laptop run faster.
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Can You Trust a Free VPN?
VPNs can read all of your internet traffic, so you want to make sure your personal data isn't being exploited in return for "free" service. Here's who to trust.
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How to Clean Out & Organize Your Computer
Removing unwanted files and streamlining your folder system can not only free up storage space, but improve your computer's performance. Here's how to spruce up your computer and make sure it stays that way.
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9 Tech Resolutions for 2019
From a privacy overhaul to ethical tech usage, here are 9 ways you can revamp and improve your relationship with technology in 2019.
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Tips for Setting up Your New Tech
Plan on giving a tech gift? Check out our tips for making the out-of-box experience a good one.
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75+ of the Best Cyber Monday Deals for 2018
We scoured the internet to find the best deals available on tech products this Cyber Monday.
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70+ of the Best Black Friday Deals for 2018
We found big sales already underway and some awesome sales starting on Thanksgiving or Black Friday that last through Cyber Monday.
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How to Tell if your Facebook Account Has Been Hacked
How to tell if your Facebook account had been hacked, how to kick a hacker out of your account and how to secure your account against future hacking.
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How to Search the Web Anonymously
The best ways to hide your searches from employers and family members, and keep Google and other advertisers from targeting ads based on your search history.
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How to Edit a Scheduled Tweet with an Image
Having trouble editing scheduled tweets with images in Tweetdeck? Here is how to fix the issue so you can change your text, edit your image or reschedule the time.
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What You Need to Know About Surfing the Dark Web
Within deep web lies a subset of sites purposefully designed to be inaccessible and requiring special software to visit called the dark web. Here's what you need to know before you start surfing.
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Is it Safe to Use a Password Manager?
Security experts agree that using a password manager is far safer than reusing passwords and there are steps you can take to use one safely.
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9 Simple Ways to Protect Your Privacy
Take these simple steps to protect your valuable personal information.