Daily Archives: January 10, 2022

• Let your PC start the new year right!

  Posted on January 10, 2022 at 02:45 CST by Fred Langa • Comment in the Forums

  ISSUE 19.02 • 2022-01-10

  LANGALIST

  

  By Fred Langa

  Taking a little time now to thoroughly check and proactively service your Windows PC can pay off big time in the coming year.

  Whether you’re planning to move to Windows 11 or stick with Windows 10 (or even 8.1!), this easy-to-follow annual checkup is preventive medicine that can help ensure that your PC begins 2022 in the best shape possible!

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 19.02.0 (2022-01-10).
  This story also appears in the AskWoody Free Newsletter 19.02.F (2022-01-10).

  AskWoody FREE Newsletter, AskWoody Plus Newsletter, LangaList AskWoody Plus Newsletter, LangaList, Personal Computers

• Look who’s stalking: Protect yourself from Apple AirTags

  Posted on January 10, 2022 at 02:44 CST by B. Livingston • Comment in the Forums

  PUBLIC DEFENDER

  

  By Brian Livingston

  Ever since Apple started selling $29 tracking devices called AirTags last April, criminal types have used them to tail people, pinpoint and heist their cars, and worse — but warnings of planted devices were made available only to iPhone owners. Now, people who have more common phones can find out whether they’re being tracked, too.

  The AirTag is a small, plastic-encased device that’s approximately the size of three or four dollar coins stacked on top of each other. It competes with such trackers as the Bluetooth-based Tile Pro and the GPS-based Verizon Hum^x. But most Bluetooth devices connect only to phones within 50 meters or so, and GPS trackers require you to pay monthly fees.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 19.02.0 (2022-01-10).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Public Defender AirTags, Apple, AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Crime, privacy, Public Defender

• Freeware Spotlight – WPA2Gen

  Posted on January 10, 2022 at 02:43 CST by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

  BEST UTILITIES

  

  By Deanna McElveen

  What’s stopping you from having a 63-character Wi-Fi password? Typing a 63-character Wi-Fi password.

  The chances of your 14-year-old neighbor kid’s having a bachelor of science degree in cybersecurity are, well, nil. The chances of the kid’s sticking the free Kali Linux distro on a flash drive to crack your Wi-Fi password “ilovecats” is pretty plausible.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 19.02.0 (2022-01-10).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Best Utilities, Freeware Spotlight AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Deanna's Freeware Spotlight

• Windows 11: When no doesn’t mean no

  Posted on January 10, 2022 at 02:42 CST by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS

  

  By Susan Bradley

  It all started when I saw reports of users who hadn’t approved the installation of Windows 11 but rebooted their computers to find them doing exactly that.

  These users assured me that they hadn’t approved the install. Worse, some had specifically declined the update, only to see it being offered again. I have a serious issue with Microsoft about this, because the company is not providing good information about what to expect if your PC qualifies for the Windows 11 upgrade. It’s guesswork so far; trying to determine what to expect has not been easy.

  Read the full story in the AskWoody Plus Newsletter 19.02.0 (2022-01-10).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Windows 10, Windows 11 AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patch Lady Posts, Windows