I’m the unofficial tech person for my family. I’m the one people call whenever there’s a problem with their phones and computers. So, inspired by a time when I didn’t have the right cable, I decided to make an emergency…
Why did I buy the Kodak Slide N Scan digital film scanner? I am the family historian. It’s my job to build the family tree, preserve documents, and organize photos. And I don’t mean digital photos. I mean decades’ worth…
I had an old Dell laptop that I didn’t know what to do with. It was a Dell Inspiron 1520, manufactured in 2007, so old that it came pre-installed with Windows XP. It was so old that it had a…
How did I end up making a Raspberry Pi Google Calendar? It’s a long story. Raspberry Pi computers are made in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. They are mostly small devices that are designed to be affordable and…
In my last post “What Are Data Brokers?” I told you about companies that make money by collecting your information and selling it. One of the companies I mentioned was LexisNexis, who I called “a famous law database company.” Strictly…
Have you seen ads from your favorite YouTube vloggers about companies that remove your information from data brokers? And have you ever wondered what data brokers are? Simply put, they are companies that collect information about you (like your email…
A few months ago, I saw someone on Twitter talk about the time he experienced SIM swapping on his iPhone. He ended up losing access to his Apple account, but did get his cell phone number back. Let me explain…
In my last post, Social Media Afterlife, I talked about what can happen to your social media accounts after you’re gone. In the U.S., the Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act allows an executor access to someone’s digital…
When you write your will, you will spend a lot of time cataloging all of your possessions and thinking about how to distribute them. The obvious things would be physical assets like real estate, cars, and money. But what about…
If you own any Apple devices or have a subscription to Apple Music and Apple TV, then you have an Apple ID. That one account connects you to tons of services. How do you make sure that no one steals…
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