Tag: Privacy
Privacy
Internet scammers
Digital Thieves Last month a customer at my bank’s helpdesk almost paid €400 because his printer stopped working. Here’s exactly how the scammer, or digital thieves, did it. I work at an investment bank’s IT department, part time at the helpdesk.A while ago a very nice gentleman called in total panic: his printer suddenly stopped,…
Read MoreThe WhatsApp job scam
The WhatsApp job scam offers a quick job, but it could have cost me a lot of money. Full Story + How It Works Last year I got added on WhatsApp by a stranger:“Hey, quick online job, €50 for 40 minutes of easy tasks” I played along or a while to see where it goes.Here…
Read MoreProtect your data from Microsoft
To protect your privacy and data from Microsoft while using its products and services, consider the following measures: Review privacy settings: regularly review and adjust your privacy settings in Microsoft accounts, devices, and applications. Customize settings to limit data collection and sharing.Use strong passwords: use unique, strong passwords for your Microsoft accounts and enable multi-factor…
Read MoreMicrosoft and data
In my previous post, which you can find here, I explained what data Microsoft collects. In this post we take a look at what data Microsoft does not collect. After that we take a look at what Microsoft uses all that data they collect for. Data collection, is it all that bad? No, but that…
Read MoreData Microsoft collects
Data has become a valuable commodity, and technology giants like Microsoft collect and utilize this data to enhance their services. They gather a wide range of user data through their products and services, like Windows, Office 365, Bing, and LinkedIn. The data they collect ranges from search history and email content to location information and…
Read MoreStop Google collecting data
As we have seen in my previous posts, Google collects a lot of data. The big question is, is that good or bad?A good thing is that Google does not sell your data. The only reason they collect your data is to present personalized ads to you.What is bad, Google stores all your data somewhere.…
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