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The Data Shadow: How to Find and Ask Data Brokers to Delete Your Information
Have you ever ordered a single pair of sensible walking shoes online, only to suddenly receive phone calls from people trying to sell you a walk-in bathtub, a reverse mortgage, and a timeshare in Florida? You didn’t tell anyone about…
The Digital Dust Bunnies: How to Delete Old Accounts & Data You No Longer Use
Imagine walking into your attic. There, nestled between the artificial Christmas tree and a box of VHS tapes you haven’t watched since 1998, is a blinking computer terminal holding your credit card number. You don’t remember putting it there. You…
Who’s Tracking You? Decoding Location Services on Your Phone & Tablet
Imagine you go to the grocery store to buy prunes. You haven’t told a single soul about this thrilling errand. Suddenly, your phone buzzes with a digital coupon for digestive yogurt. How did it know? Unless your smartphone is clairvoyant,…
My Old Phone Doesn’t Support Passkeys! What to Do When Your Device Can’t Keep Up
You’re sitting in your favorite chair, armed with a cup of coffee and a simple mission: logging into your bank account. You carefully type in your password, squinting at the tiny keyboard on your screen. The screen shakes its digital…
The Green Padlock & Beyond: How to Vet an Online Store Before You Buy
You’re scrolling through Facebook, minding your own business and looking at photos of your neighbor’s new golden retriever, when suddenly—BAM! An ad appears for a top-of-the-line, $400 Dyson vacuum cleaner for the unbelievable price of $29. You think, “Wow, what…
Secure Payment Methods: How to Pay Online Without Handing Every Store Your Card Number
By Chris Clark, founder of Senior Tech Cafe The most secure payment methods online are a credit card, or a service that hides your card number from the store, such as PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Gift cards, wire…
Is Mobile Banking Safe? A Senior’s Guide to Banking App Security
By Chris Clark, founder of Senior Tech Cafe Is mobile banking safe? For most people, yes: a banking app on an up-to-date phone, downloaded from your bank’s official listing and locked with a passcode, fingerprint or face, is safer than…
Bank Fraud Alert Real or Scam? How to Verify It
By Chris Clark, founder of Senior Tech Cafe Bank Fraud Alert Real or Scam? How to Verify It Bank fraud alert, real or scam? There’s one answer that works every time, and it doesn’t require you to judge the message…
Child Identity Theft: How to Protect Your Grandkids When You Can’t Sign the Forms
By Chris Clark, founder of Senior Tech Cafe Child identity theft is when someone uses a child’s Social Security number to open accounts, take out loans or create a fake identity, and it can go unnoticed for years because nobody…
What to Do If Your SSN Is Compromised: You Can’t Change the Key, so Change the Locks
By Chris Clark, founder of Senior Tech Cafe If your SSN is compromised, here’s what to do: put a fraud alert on your credit, freeze it at Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, then lock the other doors a thief would use…
