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Prevent Instagram from Accessing your Data by Third Party Ap

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Protecting your Instagram privacy.

Stop Google from using Your Data for Targeted Ads

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Keep your data to yourself.

3-29-2021 Tech for Seniors - Episode 53

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  Another well attended meeting (116). I always look forward to this. (Season 2 episode1) We again covered a variety of topic including but not limited to Security, Internet connectivity, Streaming, Bluetooth 6,  and more. We also had a survey about smart watches and surprisingly, quite a few attendees showed an interest. There was also a Q&A session after the official show where we answered  questions about a variety of topics.

Stop Google from Tracking Where You Go

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Stop location tracking.

Stop Google from Tracking What You Do

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Facebook - Setup two-factor authentication

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Controlling Who Can See Your Facebook Profile

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Weekly Security News Roundup w/e 3-26-2021

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Amazon Prime History - Control and Removal

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3-23-2021 Let's Compute, Palm Desert, CA - Remote

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  I was happy to spend this afternoon with the members of  Let's Compute . Ok, I know it was via ZOOM. It was still very enjoyable. The main concern asked about was Spam and how to control it. Avast Free ,  Avast SecureLine ,   Omni

3-22-2021 Tech for Seniors - Episode 52

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  An entire year has now passed since this was started. We had another well attended  show  for the One Year anniversary. (121) We covered security, routers, MS Word trick, Bluetooth, and Google Closed Captions. Jim & Chris Gould from  Geeks on Tour paid us a visit for this occasion There was also a 20-minute Q&A session after the show on assorted topics.

3-20-2021 Seniors Computer Group, CA - Remote

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I remotely, spent this morning and part of the afternoon with the  club  members. The presentation was followed by an extensive Q&A session. here are some of the topics  that were covered, Backup - Image and file, Missing icon on system tray, third party keyboards, shortcut keys, Ccleaner, and various other topics. A thanks to Ross Milloy for helping to answer  some of the questions. Avast Free ,  Avast SecureLine ,  Passwords Manager , and  Omni

Security News Roundup w/e 3-19-2021

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https://youtu.be/ypJWIzeKbfY

3-18-2021 Phoenix PC Users Group, AZ - Remote

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I remotely joined the members of this small club last night. The presentation was well received and after the presentation, we discussed the importance of backing up your system and other topics. Avast Free ,  Avast SecureLine ,  Passwords Manager , and  Omni

Closed Captions in Chrome always on

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If you're hearing impaired, this might make things a bit easier.

3-15-2021 Tech for Seniors - Episode 51

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  Another action packed and well attended show (114) We covered security news,  Tips for filing your taxes safely & securely ,  Starlink, router tips and tricks, and other topics.

3-14-2021 SouthEastern Michigan Computer Org. MI - Remote

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  I spent this morning with the  SEMCO  members via Zoom. We had an extensive Q&A session after the presentation which covered many topics including a demo of  Avast BreachGuard . Avast SecureLine ,  Passwords Manager  and,  Omni .

3-13-2021 Tacoma Personal Computer Users Group, WA - Remote

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  I, remotely, spent this morning with the members of this club. This was another small club, but the presentation was very well received. We had an extensive discussion after the meeting covering several types of email and phone scams.

Weekly Security News Roundup w/e 3-12-2021

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3-11-2021 Fountain of the Sun Mesa, AZ - Remote

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  This was a small but extremely interested group. After the presentation we covered questions about Omni, Avast Free, Secure Browser,  SecureLine and password managers. It was an interesting and enjoyable afternoon. Avast Free ,  Avast Secure Browser ,  Avast SecureLine ,  Avast Omni

3-10-2021 Glendora Seniors Computer Club, CA - Remote

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  I remotely spent an enjoyable afternoon with the members of the  club . After the presentation, we spent some time discussing Avast Omni, Avast SecureLine, and a lengthy discussion about spam blocking and avoidance. Avast Free ,  Avast Secure Browser ,  Avast SecureLine ,  Avast Omni

3-8-2021 SCV Computer Club, CA - Remote

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It would have been nice to be in  Santa Clarita Valley  last night. This presentation was done remotely using Zoom. We had some fun before the  presentation started by showing off Clownfish Voice Changer and Snap Camera. Two of the members even showed off their Avast hats last night. The presentation was well received and was followed by a Q&A session were  the questions pertained to Avast's SecureLine vs Free products. Avast Free ,  Avast Secure Browser ,  Avast SecureLine ,  Avast Omni [/font]  

3-8-2021 Tech for Seniors - Episode 50

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  Another well attended (112) show. We covered many topics including Security, Augmented and Virtual Technology, Internet terms, curbing Amazon's Alexa command recordings, privacy enhancement for Google Assistant, and we also managed to answer some questions.

Irish Countryside - Zoom

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Guest Mode for Google Assistant

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  https://youtu.be/5cah1NMihSI One more thing to preserve your privacy. Stop Google Assistant interactions from being saved.

Stop Amazon from Listening to Alexa Recordings

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3-4-2021 Sun City Summerlin Computer Club, Las Vegas, NV - Remote

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  I remotely spent an enjoyable afternoon with the members of  SCSCC  in Las Vegas, NV. Some of the questions asked after the presentation had to do with installing Avast on Windows 10 and what needed to be done with Microsoft Security so there wouldn't be a conflict. There was also a question about cleaning the registry with Ccleaner. Avast Free ,  Avast Secure Browser ,  Avast SecureLine ,  Avast Omni

3-3-2021 Under the Computer Hood Users Group (UCHUG)

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  One of the  UCHUG  members even showed off a poster announcing my last year's presentation. The Q&A that followed the meeting took almost as much time as the presentation itself. We covered Password security, why are paid VPN's better than free versions, Avast OMNI, Ccleaner, Avast Cleanup, Backup security and the importance of doing a regular backup. We also covered several other topics not security or computer related. Avast Free ,  Avast Secure Browser ,  Avast SecureLine ,  Avast Omni

Playing with Balloons

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3-1-2021 Tech for Seniors - Episode 49

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  We seem to be hitting the 100 attendees mark earlier each week which is nice. The overflow can always watch most of the show on YouTube Live. (20) Another action-packed show with lots of topics followed  by an extended Q&A session that ran a bit longer than usual.