Fall for a fake account on social media and you could lose your password. Once hackers have this information, they could use it to unlock your digital world — including your financial accounts. We'll show you how to spot fake Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts.

Usage and diagnostic data are one of Big Tech’s clever ways of getting their hands on everything you do. You don’t have to send out all this personal info. Opting out is easy. 

Follow these steps to turn off usage and diagnostics data sharing on your Android-based devices: 

• Open Settings.
• Tap Privacy > Usage & diagnostics.
• Toggle the switch off.

Have an iPhone? Change these settings today.

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None of us like the idea of being tracked — yet we allow it all day, every day. Every online purchase, email, and search leads to endless data given to companies hoping to sell a product. If you are sick of your data being packaged up and sold, it's time to make a change.

Twitter is full of trolls and politics. Not my page, though. Come say hi and learn a thing or two.

You probably have thousands of photos on your phone eating up space, and you want to preserve those memories. IDrive is the perfect solution for backing up and protecting all your precious photos and videos. Use it to back up all your devices: PCs, Macs, servers, iPhones, Android phones and more. Sync everything to one account.

IDrive is like an insurance policy for your data. Plans start at less than $7 a month.

The days of easy-to-spot con jobs like the Nigerian prince scam are long gone. Nowadays, cybercriminals have sophisticated tools at their disposal to rip us off in the blink of an eye. If you find yourself an unfortunate victim of one of these dastardly scams, don't give up hope. Take these critical steps ASAP to minimize the damage.

Whether you use a mouse or the trackpad on your laptop, everyone has their preferred sensitivity. We'll show you how to change the speed of your on-screen cursor and explain why your display impacts which speed you choose.

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