Networking: How to fix the most common wired and wireless home computer network and Internet problems
Why should you use DuckDuckGo search for web-searches instead of Google? DuckDuckGo search engine – Introduction Online privacy using a smartphone or computer that connects to the web has become a hugely problematic issue that is growing constantly. The DuckDuckGo search engine stands or falls by guaranteeing that it does not track its users, for…
Sonos problem – Prevent people given Wi-Fi access in a restaurant from changing the Sonos playlist Sonos problem Are you able to set us up another Wi-Fi login password for our Sonos player to use? Idiots are coming into the restaurant and changing the music we have put on, so I need to put a…
If the Opera VPN is enabled, Google displays Russian-language content in Google ads on websites and on Google’s YouTube The Opera web browser provides a connection to a free VPN (Virtual Private Network). The image above shows the home page of Google’s YouTube site displaying Russian-language content. You can see Opera’s VPN icon in white…
CCleaner privacy – the issue of anonymized data collection and alternative crapware cleaners In my opinion, the latest version of the free version of CCleaner (May 2020) is usable if… UPDATE – The latest free version of CCleaner is useable, in my opinion, but only if you go through the Options => Settings and disable…
Fraudbusters – How victims of large online scams can get their money back if the banks refuse compensation When the customers of banks and other financial sites have been conned into providing login information and access codes supplied by a machine in their possession or via a phone and suffer financial loss, they can be…
New UK data-protection law requires online users’ permission to track them and collect their private information EU/UK “General Data Protection Regulation” (GDPR) data-protection law The UK is still officially in the EU, therefore the new EU “General Data Protection Regulation” (GDPR) data-protection law becomes official across the EU on Friday, May 25, 2018. The new…
About the Meltdown/Spectre Intel & AMD processor flaws that give rise to security vulnerabilities that can be exploited by cyber criminals and hackers According to their manufacturers, hardware flaws in Intel and AMD processors render them vulnerable to the critical Meltdown/Spectre security vulnerabilities discovered in January 2018, which can be exploited by hackers and cyber…
Opera, a fast, secure, easy-to-use web browser that provides a free VPN and ad blocker “Try the Opera browser – now with a built-in ad blocker, battery saver and free VPN” Opera download – http://www.opera.com Free anything on the web usually means using captured web-browsing data for marketing purposes. At present, the free Virtual Private…
A list of the most useful free WordPress plugins that pcbuyerbeware.co.uk uses A few words about WordPress, the best Content Management System (CMS) WordPress is the best and most supported Content-Management System (CMS) currently available. To create a WordPress powered website, you find a website host that provides the WordPress software, buy a website domain,…
When credit card payment protection fails the purchaser due to a payment processing loophole The following information on how credit-card payment protection can fail due to a loophole is unknown to many purchasers, including myself until I came across a feature on the BBC programme Rip Off Britain. Ignorance that loophole could cost purchasers of…
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