by The CREDO Team Smartphone apps can collect a whole lot of data about you: Your name and email address, location history, personal contacts, photos and videos, purchases, health and fitness data, financial information, browsing and search history, your IP address, and other sensitive data. Stop third-party apps from collecting data (more).
Read More How to prevent apps from accessing your personal dataAlina Bradford There are a few occasions, though, where you should decline cookies. Don’t worry—if you find yourself in a situation where you need to decline or simply want to decline for whatever reason, most websites will work just fine without collecting your information. Beware when you’re on an unencrypted website (these websites will have…
Read More 3 Times You Shouldn’t “Accept Cookies” on a SiteBy Anthony Spadafora 7/29/22 Update July 29: We’ve provided a full list of the apps you need to delete from your Android device. Another batch of malicious apps filled with adware and malware has managed to slip past Google’s defenses and end up on the Play Store. In order to trick unsuspecting users into downloading them, these 36 malicious apps…
Read More Malware hits millions of Android users — delete these apps right nowThink of two-factor authentication as an extra lock on a door that guards your passwords. It takes an extra step to unlock the door, but it also makes it harder for the bad guys to sneak in. Read more HERE.
Read More Why You Need to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication ASAPBlair Levin Monday, April 18, 2022 Conventional wisdom holds that last year’s bipartisan passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) reflects the tradition of both parties wanting to deliver better roads and bridges—with nothing new to tell us about making progress elsewhere in our polarized, partisan environment. If anything, infrastructure is the exception that (barely)…
Read More Broadband bipartisanship: How did it happen and will it continue?Rachel Weingarten Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 Scammers can use your phone number to impersonate, steal from, and harass you and others. Here’s what to do if your info is compromised. What can someone do with your phone number? “In today’s world, it is extremely easy for hackers to wreak havoc on your life using your cell…
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