By Chris Clark, founder of Senior Tech Cafe A webcam cover is a tiny shutter, sticker or piece of tape that blocks your computer’s camera, and it’s the cheapest privacy upgrade you’ll ever make. If you’re reading this on a…
By Chris Clark, founder of Senior Tech Cafe Remember when privacy meant pulling down the blinds and screening your calls with an aFacebook Privacy Settings for Seniors Facebook privacy settings for seniors control who sees your posts, your profile details,…
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Remember the good old days when the only password you needed was to get into the tree house clubhouse? (The secret knock totally counts as a password, by the way.) Well, those simple times are long gone. These days, we’re…
By Chris Clark, founder of Senior Tech Cafe Is Instagram safe? For most people, yes, as long as you make your account private, turn on two-factor authentication and treat messages from strangers with suspicion. The real risks are scams and…
Remember when we used to leave our doors unlocked at night because “everybody knew everybody” in the neighborhood? Well, the internet is like one giant neighborhood these days—except we definitely don’t know everybody! That’s why we need to keep our…
By Chris Clark, founder of Senior Tech Cafe Car privacy is about the data your car collects on you, from where you drive to how hard you brake to what’s on your phone, and who the car company passes it…
I won’t get in the car if my friend Harold is driving. He’s the kind of driver who will simultaneously eat a sandwich and answer a text from his grandson about Bitcoin while navigating through a roundabout. He reminds me…
You’re browsing the web. Maybe shopping for new gardening tools… reading up on the best travel spots… or doing that midnight search for “how to get rid of hiccups fast.” Now, picture a clipboard-carrying Google employee sitting right behind you,…
Picture this: You’re sitting at your computer, enjoying your morning coffee while browsing through family photos. Suddenly, you remember that amazing banana bread recipe your neighbor shared last week – but where on earth did you save it? Was it…