Stop leaving it up to chance

Stop leaving it up to chance: Today’s hackers have more tools than ever to fool even the savviest person. Protect your devices with a solid antivirus solution. It’s def worth the $19 a year, trust me.

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Your Facebook got hacked. Now what?

Benjamin in Huntsville, Alabama, emailed me with a question I get often enough. I thought, “Ya know, I should write about this in the Current.” Someone hacked his Facebook — taking with it 16 years of treasured memories.

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Wipe away the stuff you stayed up too late searching for on Instagram. Open the IG app and tap your profile pic in the bottom right corner. Tap the three-line icon at the top right > Your activity > Recent searches, then tap Clear all twice. Follow me at Instagram.com/KimKomando.

Trivia

In 2004, an escaped convict nicknamed the “Rooftop Robber,” or simply “Roofman,” hid for six months in which shuttered tech superstore: A.) CompUSA, B.) RadioShack, C.) Circuit City or D.) Fry’s Electronics?

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50% of Americans support the TikTok ban

And 46% think it’s a First Amendment violation. Yes, I support the ban. TikTok’s Communist China-based parent company has nine months to change hands or its time is up in the U.S. Tick-tock!

Walk down memory lane: On Facebook on the web, head to a friend’s profile, click the three dots on the right, then select See friendship. Here, you’ll see all the photos you’re in together and all the messages you’ve exchanged. Neat.

29% of remote workers are logging in from a vacation destination

And doing it without telling their bosses. If there’s no explicit rule against it at your company, it’s fair game to work from wherever you want. But calling in from Margaritaville? You may not be telling, but your new tan and conveniently blurred background are dead giveaways.

$40,000 in power-ups

For Candy Crush, charged to the church Visa card by a now-former Pennsylvania priest. He says it might’ve happened because he’s “not a details guy.” I can hear those sound effects now.

YouTube trick: There might be a good reason you need a solid screenshot of a single frame of a YouTube video. Now, it’s easy to do. Pause the video, right-click on it and select Copy video frame. Sweet! Just paste it into a chat, image editor or document.

30% of kids 5 to 7 are using TikTok

This means 30% of parents of kids ages 5 to 7 need to become better acquainted with being an honest-to-goodness parent.

57 curse words on Taylor Swift’s new album

It’s called “The Tortured Poets Department” and that’s an 84% increase from her previous album (31 swear words) and a 5,600% increase since her first album (just one “damn”). What the?