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Weekend Digital Digest July 11, 2020 |
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5 essential email hacks you’ll wish you knew sooner Emailing became the way to communicate during the '90s, and we haven't looked back. Even if you've sent thousands of emails over the years, there's likely several hidden features and tricks in your email service you might not know about. We'll show you our favorites like keyboard shortcuts, how to whitelist contacts and more. Tap or click for ways to optimize your emails. → | 8 ways to stop your phone from tracking you Why is your phone allowed to track you and share that data with unknown third parties? Most likely because you gave permission. Typical data-sharing policies are buried within privacy policies and terms of agreements. Thankfully, there are ways to stop these intrusive tracking practices and we have details on just how to do it. Tap or click here for simple ways to keep your private info private. → |
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Hours of police video found on body cams sold on eBay If you're selling a used smartphone, always delete your data before getting rid of it. Otherwise, private information may end up in the buyer's hands. This wisdom should be common knowledge, but one group of police recently made the disastrous mistake of leaving non-public files on a device sold on eBay. Here's how to make sure this doesn't happen to you. Tap or click here to see why forgetting to erase data is so risky. → |
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