How to Remove Personal Data From Digital Photos [Windows 10] Did you know that when you take a photo with your digital camera, tablet or smartphone camera, a lot of information is added to the photo? Almost all digital image files typically contain information about the date and time the photo was taken, camera (or digital… Read More »
Google Uses Gmail to Track the Things You Buy Online I walk a lot, and my walks used to be private. Now when I walk down the streets of my little town, there are cameras everywhere. Cameras on the street corners, cameras in parking lots, cameras on the traffic lights, cameras on top of buildings, even… Read More »
Five Important Things You Can Do to Stay Safe Online During the Holidays Some computer geeks will tell you to install browser add-ins like safe-site toolbars and to let someone else decide what is safe and what is not. Some will tell you to install a firewall because Windows firewall is no good. There is an endless supply… Read More »
Yahoo Admits it Scan Your Emails and Sells the Data it Reaps Quite a while ago, Gmail and Outlook.com stopped scanning users emails looking for data to sell to advertisers. But Yahoo, after already having 3 billion user accounts hacked in 2013, admits it scans Yahoo Mail users’ emails looking for data to sell. According to a report… Read More »
CCleaner Does it Again Ever since Avast purchased CCleaner it’s been a comedy of errors in a way. Avast (now owners of AVG) is a company that you’re supposed to trust to keep you save from viruses, malware, ransomware, and other privacy-stealing garbage that tries to worm its way onto your computer. We’ve been skeptical of Avast for… Read More »
My Data Request Makes It Easy to Request Your Personal Data From More Than 100 Companies How do you know how much personal data the sites you interact with have aquired about you? Well, you don’t unless you request it. If you want want to to request to see the data companies have collected about you – it… Read More »