Apps, Tips, and techniques to help you maximize the internet as a technology tool.
In today’s Tech Tip Chet Davis shares some encouragement to not give away too much of your personal information and details. Some online offers and shopping carts ask for optional details about you – choose to avoid sharing non-required details as your privacy matters!
In today’s Tech Tip (Safe Shopping Tip #4) Chet shares thoughts that we should avoid clicking on links send via email or a too good to be true deal on a website or social media. Instead, click on the website via the publicly available website address to see if the deal is legit. And as […]
In today’s Tech Tip Chet Davis shares whether you should use a Credit or Debit Card when shopping online (yes, there is a strong recommendation to use one of these but not the other). There are more safeguards and protections for you as a consumer with the use of a Credit Card online – we […]
In Safe and Secure Online Shopping Tip #2 Chet shares how you can make certain you are entering your credit card and person information only on a secure website. You should never enter these details on an unsecured website!
In today’s Tech Tip Chet Davis shares thoughts about researching or checking a company or product to see if it’s legit and not a lemon. There are some products, sales, and offers that sound too good to be true – and sometimes they are! We’ll look at a suggestion for checking the complaints of a […]
In this quick tech tip, Chet shares a free website that will help you determine if a specific website is down or if it’s a different problem.
In today’s Tech Tip Chet Davis shares caution about acting on a telephone call that suggests you’ve been hacked. Usually, this is a fraudulent call that causes you to act in a way that provides personal info to a cyber thief.
In today’s Tech Tip Chet addresses the permanence of the posts we share on social media. And provides suggestions for making sure what you post is something you’ll be happy seeing 10 years from now. This is #2 in a 5-part video series on Choosing Your Own Digital Tattoo.
In today’s Tech Tip Chet Davis – Your Technology Tutor shares the first of five videos focused on Choosing Your Digital Tattoo. Today “What does this look like to a stranger?”. Your digital tattoo or digital footprint is something you create every time you share some on social media today – and it will be […]
It was reported that Instagram experienced an intrusion recently due to an insecurity in their software. That flaw has been addressed but not before a 3rd party allegedly harvested email addresses and telephone numbers of many Instagram account holders. These are reportedly now for sale on the Dark Web. NOTE: Account passwords apparently were not compromised. Many high profile Instagram account holders were targeted but so were many “average users”.
What do to if you have an Instagram account?
There is no method to know if you’ve been affected by this latest hack, but privacy experts recommend being extra vigilant in the coming weeks – with an email address and telephone number in their hands someone could launch a phishing attack where they attempt to get your log-in details (passwords, etc). If you get a telephone call or email that seems suspicious, best to report it to Instagram (click here for details).
Summary: You should be extra wary of any call or email that asks you to reset your email or Instagram password, or asks for log-in details for your telephone account. Revealing these details to a 3rd party could end up being a privacy/identity theft nightmare.