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This Photo will Self Destruct in 10-9-8…

by Barbara J. Feldman February 25, 2013
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In a world where everything you post online is archived somewhere and saved for eternity, a photo sharing app that destroys your photos/videos within seconds of being received has some appeal. Snapchat is the leader in this field (it was recently the third most popular free photo app in iTunes) and Facebook has a competitive, [...]

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How to Turn Photo Stream Off

by Barbara J. Feldman February 12, 2013
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Photo Stream is an Apple cloud syncing feature of iOS that automatically uploads your latest 1000 photos to iCloud, and shares them across all your iOS devices, and with specified friends and family. While the feature can be cool, it can also be creepy, knowing that no matter what you photograph, it is also being [...]

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Clean Out Your Wallet, Protect Against Identity Theft

by Barbara J. Feldman January 23, 2013
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Identity Theft Protection Infographic – Courtesy of Shoeboxed.

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Do You Use a Disposible Email Address?

by Barbara J. Feldman September 4, 2012
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Do you ever use a disposable email address to prevent being bombarded with mailings from a vendor or other website? There are several ways to do this, including a few services that offer temporary emails for just this purpose. If you’d like to consider faking out websites that ask for your email address, here are [...]

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How to Stop Spam Events on Google Calendar

by Barbara J. Feldman March 20, 2012

Have you ever found a spam event on your Google calendar? In my case it was a court appearance in the state of New York regarding some paperwork from the Department of Social Services! I live in California, and am pretty certain I have no open court cases in New York. It was a bit [...]

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How to Manage Permissions Settings

by Barbara J. Feldman January 24, 2012

It’s 2012, do you know who has access to your online accounts? Throughout the year we click on pretty, sparkling new-fangled apps, and in the process give third-party software providers access to various parts of our online identities. Ready to reign in control? My Permissions provides easy access to the URLs that control the permissions [...]

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