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We've gotten a couple calls this week.
One person called and said she had a pop up advising her that Microsoft had detected a security issue and she needed to call. Thankfully she did not. Microsoft never contacts people via a message on their computer or email. Had she called she would have been told they needed to get into her system to repair it. What they actually would have done is locked her system, and required a payment to "Fix it". It was never broken. If you get this type of message, close your windows, turn off your computer, wait and turn it back on. There is nothing wrong. It's only a message. If you have Malwarebytes run it to make sure there is no malware on your computer. We had a call today from someone who supposedly received an email from Apple. It read that her account was locked and she had to verify it. She filled in some information (mistake) but when it asked for her social security number she realized it was fishy. Never provide information through a link in an email. If you are unsure, call the company or go directly to their site. Today I am offering some tech tips that aren’t so technical. First off, one of my favorite movies is on YouTube. It’s called, Stairway to Heaven, or more correctly, A Matter of Life and Death, and it stars David Niven and Kim Hunter. There are lots of ways to get movie content these days, it’s almost dizzying. But YouTube is certainly a cheap and basic way. Obviously, the choices are somewhat limited if you are looking for free things, and I am. But Stairway to Heaven is one of my all time favorite movies, so I was thrilled to find it HERE.
I checked my other favorite movie, The Music Man, but you have to buy or rent that from YouTube. In case you didn’t know, YouTube is another provider of content of movies, for free or pay/rent. I used to look at it for all the funny videos. My mom was sent one from my aunt Lila, it’s a Mr. Bean clip. Watch it HERE. If that’s not technical enough for you, let’s say you want to swap out your mechanical hard drive for an SSD, in your MacBook. There are videos for that, like HERE. Google is a great all around source of info, but if you want How-To videos, look on YouTube. Carol and I used to go an a lot of driving trips. One of the things we like doing is listen to books on tape. OK, that dates me. They aren't on tape anymore. We listen to books on long drives, and we listen to podcasts too. The podcasts are shorter and fill in for shorter trips.
I have a link to some BBC podcasts pertaining to the Apollo 11 and Apollo 13 space flights, HERE. And since we're on the subject of tech tips, HERE'S a podcast on that. As an aside, I just want to say this about wearing a mask. As an adult human, I want to show respect for my fellow adult humans. One of the ways I do that is by wearing a mask. The cloth mask I wear is for you, not for me. It isn't filtering out coronavirus, but it is keeping my germs in, which I hope will help protect you. Also, my mom & sister made me masks and they are really cool looking. In a new move to stop the spread of dangerous and false information about the coronavirus, Facebook will start telling people when they've interacted with posts about bogus cures, hoaxes and other false claims.
In the coming weeks, Facebook users who liked, reacted to or commented on potentially harmful debunked content will see a message in their news feeds directing them to the World Health Organization's Myth busters page. There, the WHO dispels some of the most common falsehoods about the pandemic. CORONAVIRUS LIVE UPDATES U.N. Chief Targets 'Dangerous Epidemic Of Misinformation' On Coronavirus"We want to connect people who may have interacted with harmful misinformation about the virus with the truth from authoritative sources in case they see or hear these claims again off of Facebook," wrote Guy Rosen, Facebook's vice president for integrity, in a blog post. The new feature will go beyond Facebook's current attempts to keep dangerous misinformation about the virus off its network. Up until now, it has been notifying users only when they share a post that fact-checkers have labeled false. read more I was looking at tech tips, trying to find something good for all of you. Eventually I got swallowed into the Linus tech tip world of really fun videos where he checks out all kinds of geeky stuff. You can start HERE.
I realize nobody cares though, about this kind of nerdy stuff. Well, maybe my son Vincent would like him. Anyway, I realized I was sitting in front of the computer drinking a Bloody Maria. We didn’t have any Vodka for a Bloody Mary, so Carol said I can use Tequila, and then it’s a Bloody Maria. It’s really good. Then she said she already had a tech tip, in case I didn’t. So the Tequila thing is my tech tip today. And her Coronavirus fact checking is her tech tip. Which one do you prefer? |
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There's a lot of fake information out there. Please be scrupulous about what you share on Facebook and other platforms. Here are some trusted sources. Please don't rely on social media for your information.
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