Happy Sunday, Funday! Today’s trivia is a heavy load. How much did the first 5MB hard drive weigh? Was it 25, 50, 250 or 2,000 pounds? Answer at the end!

🛑 If you’re like me, you want your Sundays to be filled with rest and relaxation, not spent struggling with your phone or computer settings. That’s why I’ve added more links to my website in our weekend edition! You can quickly browse through our articles and find easy steps to help you navigate your gadgets. — Kim

What does the letter “p” stand for in Facebook? Privacy. Here are a few ways to take as much as you can back.

Wipe out cookies

Cookies store your logins, personalization settings, advertising information and other details. But these bits of code contain a lot of your details. 

Here’s how to delete cookies from your phone. Hit this link to clear cookies from your computer. (Trust me, too many steps to put ’em all in this email.) 

Better yet, use Incognito Mode so your browser doesn’t save your history, cookies, site data or info you enter in forms.

To go Incognito on Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge, press Ctrl + Shift + N (or Command + Shift + N on Mac).

Be warned: Your internet service provider can still see your activity, as can a school or employer providing internet access.

Your apps are watching where you go

Your phone knows precisely where you’ve been over the past few days, weeks, and months, aside from the bathroom. If it’s been a while since you looked at your phone’s location settings, do it now.

Check this hidden location setting on your iPhone:

• Click Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services.
• Scroll down to System Services and tap it.
• Choose Significant Locations and toggle it off.

Here’s how to adjust location settings on an Android:

• Open Settings > Location. To stop all tracking, you can toggle Use location off.
• Don’t want to remove all permissions? Tap App location permissions.

Sound like a tech pro, even if you’re not one. Try my award-winning, daily podcast. Search for my last name with “K” wherever you get your podcasts and “Go Komando!”

Listen to my podcast, Kim Komando Today, here.

I’ve been helping people just like you on my national radio show for years. It’s truly an honor to be part of your lives. Here are a few folks who called this week.

• Lisa from Jacksonville, Florida, has an ex who’s a tech expert. She thinks he hacked into her phone and computer. 
• John Catsimatidis is the author of “How Far Do You Want To Go? Lessons from a Common-Sense Billionaire.” I’d like to be a billionaire, too.
• John from Colorado Springs, Colorado, needed a recommendation for security cams and Wi-Fi extenders for his cabin and 600-square-foot treehouse.

It’s easy to get my answers to these folks along with the other callers. 

Find me on your local radio station or listen now in the Komando Community. If you don’t mind waiting for shows to appear, get the podcast, Kim Komando Today.

🤗 Need a hand? Leave me a note here. I read them all myself!

I’ve been sharing ways to make money from home since before that was the norm. Want to pick up some extra cash? I’ve got a huge list of ways this week. 

• Search engine evaluation: Companies find out how well their websites are working by hiring evaluators to give them feedback. An excellent place to start looking for evaluator jobs is Appen. 
• Secret shopper: These “secret agents” pose as regular customers, helping stores assess stocked shelves, signage and customer service. Sign up through Field Agent.
• Complete everyday tasks: Calling all handypeople! With TaskRabbit, you can find jobs for furniture assembly, helping with moving and packing, cleaning or heavy lifting.
• Dog walker and pet-sitting: Love animals? Become a dog walker to help residents in your area by searching listings at Wag! Look for dog-walking jobs and pet-sitting at Rover.

I could go on … Oh wait, we did! Check out the rest on my site. 

Need help with your new venture? Drop me a note. I started my company from scratch with no funding and no investors.

Stop fighting with spreadsheets and trying to figure out what the heck you did with last year’s inventory list. I have the solution: NetSuite by Oracle.

You get visibility and control of your financials, inventory, HR, planning, budgeting and more all from one easy dashboard. Don’t just take my word for it — over 33,000 businesses already use NetSuite.

Lower IT costs, less work and higher profits? Yes, please. Right now, you can get started with NetSuite with no payments and no interest for six months. (Big deal alert: They’ve never had an officer like this before!)

Dealing with your records and receipts can be so taxing. It’s best to save your returns and documentation for three years after the filing date or two years from the date you paid the tax, whichever is later. 

On your computer

Storing records on your PC or external hard drive means you can access them instantly. The downside: If your hard drive dies, you lose everything. 

My advice: Don’t put anything important on a thumb drive, ever. They’re just too easy to lose.

If you use your computer’s hard drive or external drive, you need encryption. 7-Zip encrypts and compresses files. We have a link to download 7-Zip and how to use it here. Yes, it’s free.

In the cloud

Google Drive, iCloud and Dropbox are free but are not the best choice.

• You’re likely signed in automatically on all your devices. What happens if you lose your phone?
• When you sign up, you agree to terms and conditions that allow your documents to be analyzed.

If you do choose to go that route, protect your account with a strong, unique password and set up two-factor authentication. Remember, computers in the cloud are high tech.

Shameless plug alert: Your best bet to secure confidential documents is an encrypted backup option. My pick is IDrive.* It’s got a level of privacy you just can’t get with with iCloud or Google Drive.

Doesn’t your brain feel like there are too many tabs open sometimes?

❓The answer: Shipped in September 1956, the first 5MB hard disk unit weighed over a ton (2,000 pounds). How do you eat a hard drive? One byte at a time. I just crack myself up sometimes!

You have two things to do: 1. Rate us below and leave a comment if you want. I read them all! 2. Here’s a fun weekend watch: The story behind an iconic image I know you’ve seen — the rolling hills and blue sky of Windows background fame. — Kim