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How to Disable CenturyLink McAfee Cyber Security Warnings

Many CenturyLink users have discovered that attempting to visit certain web pages and websites leads to a giant McAfee cyber security “warning” message that says something to the effect of “Warning!...

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Traveling? Beware of Unsecured Hotel Wi-Fi Networks

Nearly every hotel nowadays offers free wi-fi, but a surprising number of them use unsecured wireless networks. Most commonly, the unsecured networks use a captive portal to access the wi-fi network,...

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How to Hard Lock an iPhone to Prevent Unauthorized Biometric Access

If you’re ever in a situation where you are concerned about unauthorized biometric access to your iPhone, for example, someone holding your iPhone up to your face to unlock it with Face ID, or someone...

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12 Ultra Useful Touch ID Tricks for Mac

Touch ID for Mac is super useful, and now that basically all modern Mac laptops have Touch ID sensors on their keyboards, and the new Magic Keyboards for Mac have Touch ID, you’re almost certain to...

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How to Protect Private Photos with Passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID on iPhone &...

The “Hidden” photos album on iPhone and iPad offers a place to put photos on your device that you don’t want hanging around in your general Photos camera roll. But since the Hidden album is still...

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How to Disable Security Response Updates on Mac

The latest versions of MacOS default to automatically installing what Apple calls ‘Rapid Security Response Updates’, which can patch security flaws and issues on the Mac without the standard process of...

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Help Prevent Evil Maid Attacks & Unknown Tampering of MacBooks with Nail Polish

For users who are concerned about an unauthorized person physically tampering with a MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or MacBook, nail polish (yes, that kind of nail polish) can offer a bit of security, or at...

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What is “Unknown is capturing your screen” on Mac?

Some Mac users have discovered an alarming message when using macOS Sonoma that says “Unknown is capturing your screen”, appearing in the users menu bar. The “Unknown is capturing your screen” message...

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9 Tips for Staying Safe Online with Your iPhone, Mac, or iPad

Staying safe online with your Apple devices is an ongoing effort, and it’s important to keep yourself vigilant and informed about potential threats and risks. While the Mac, iPhone, and iPad, are...

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5 iCloud Security Features You Should Be Using

iCloud is packed full of features that make using devices in the Apple ecosystem super easy and fluid, but there are some security features and capabilities offered by iCloud that literally everyone...

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How to Stop iPhone Apps Snooping via Push Notifications

Apple is well known for being a privacy centric company and building tons of security and privacy features into the iPhone and iPad to control things like location tracking and app tracking, but some...

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Safari Autofill Security Codes Not Working on Mac? Here’s a Tip

Modern versions of Safari for Mac include an incredibly useful Autofill Security Code feature, that allows security codes that are texted to your number to be automatically filled in when you are...

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3 Ways to Unblock YouTube & Watch Blocked Videos from Any Device

Many networks will block YouTube for any number of reasons; maybe you’re in a region or country where YouTube is not allowed, maybe you’re at a school or institution where YouTube is blocked, maybe...

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How Secure are Personal Hotspot Connections from iPhone?

The Personal Hotspot feature on iPhone turns your iPhone cellular connection into a wi-fi hotspot that other nearby devices and computers can use to access the internet. It’s one of those really great...

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PSA: Updating to MacOS Sonoma or iOS 17 May Enable iCloud Keychain

Mac users, iPhone users, and iPad users, should all be aware that updating to macOS Sonoma 14, iOS 17, or iPadOS 17, may silently enable iCloud Keychain on their devices. Essentially this means that by...

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