QR code scam spreading

October 18, 2024

🚨 QR code scam spreading: Watch out for malicious QR codes in your email, posing as your bank or shipping services. Scan one and you’ll land on a fake login page hungry for your real username and password. Always check the sender’s full email address, watch the URL you’re redirected to, and turn on multifactor authentication for every app and service you can. I know it’s a pain.

Tags: logins, multi-factor authentication, QR codes, scammers

Printer friendly

Google alternatives that don’t sell all your data

Google is one of the best examples of “If it’s free, you’re the product.” And its employees, business decisions, stock price, biases and preferences have a big impact on what its “products” (Smile! That’s you and me!) see when we use Google Search.

Continue reading →

Turn on your phone's theft protection

Your phone is very valuable in the wrong hands — and not just if you have a snazzy, new iPhone 16 Pro Max that costs as much as a mortgage payment. Even a cheap smartphone is loaded with logins, personal data and financial info. Think of it as instant access to everything.

Continue reading →

⚫ Change the record: If you have a Spotify account, don’t sleep on your custom “Discover Weekly” playlist. It’s refreshed every Monday with 30 new tracks you’ll like based on your past listens. Find it in the Made For You section of your library.

$300,000 or 6 years’ worth

Of lost retirement savings for serial job hoppers. It all comes down to retirement savings rates. When you switch to a new job, you’re starting back at 3% and adding a percentage each year. Too many job changes can lead to a 41% smaller nest egg.

What makes a good VPN? 3 features to look for before you spend a dime

What you do online should be your business. That’s not the world we live in, though. Your internet service provider can see every site you visit, even in incognito mode, and your data is routinely packaged up and sold to the highest bidder.

Continue reading →

WFH to WFP (work from phone): Google Meet’s Switch here feature lets you switch from your phone to your desktop without dropping the call. If you’re in a live meeting, just click to Join the meeting on your other device, and you’ll see Switch here. Sweet.

Android pro tip: You can download apps onto your phone from your PC as long as you’re signed into the same Google account on both devices. This is super handy when you find a cool app on your computer; you’ll see the option to send it to your phone right there on the app download page.

🔐 Protect your friends and family: New to iOS 18, the option to limit apps so they can only see some of your contacts — not all. Yep, you don’t have to reveal your whole address book. Nice. Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Contacts.

Watch this: Safari on macOS has a cool picture-in-picture mode you can use to watch videos while browsing the web. To launch it, right-click twice on a video and choose Enter Picture-in-Picture. Hold down Cmd, then click and drag the video frame where you want it.

📸 Go, go, Android camera: This works on many Android smartphone models, including the Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy. Double-tap the power button to launch the camera, then use either the volume-up or volume-down button to take a snap. Easy!