Search the Web, Plant a Tree, and Get Some Extra Privacy We just found a search engine that provides you with as much security and privacy as DuckDuckGo but goes a step beyond. When you search using Ecosia, you not only enhance your search privacy, you also plant trees. And who doesn’t love trees? Well, you… Read More »
Control How Long Google Keeps Your Data with This Setting Did you know you can tell Google to automatically delete your data every 3 months or every 18 months? You can. And you can also delete your data manually at any time. To make the changes, log into your Google Account, and click on “Data and… Read More »
How to Turn Off Motion Sensors in Chrome Have you ever heard of Motion Sensors in Google Chrome? They were added to Chrome last year (2019). What do Motion sensors do? Motions sensors gather data from the device’s motion, ambient light, and other sensors. When combined with a user’s browsing habits and other information that Websites… Read More »
Avast Promises It Won’t Sell Your Data… Anymore For years we’ve thought Avast was run by a sneaky bunch. They supposedly protect their users from all manner of nasty things including software bundling. But Avast has been bundling useless programs with its Antivirus program for years. There’s an old saying that “there’s no such thing as… Read More »
BleachBit: A Unique System Cleaner Once in a while, we find a freeware program that seems to be a re-hash of other applications, but on closer look isn’t. BleachBit is one of these kinds of applications. On the surface, it may seem to be just another system clean-up tool (yawn!) of which there are dozens of… Read More »
Your IP Address Your IP address is very much like your phone number. It’s a unique number assigned to you when you’re connected to the Internet. Your IP address can be static – that is fixed and unchanging – or it can be dynamic – meaning it changes every time you connect to the internet or semi-static… Read More »