Secure your Facebook account

Don’t use the same login as your Gmail account!!

Make sure you have your login email/number and password safely stored. Set up your recovery email or number in case your account is compromised.

To add a second email address to your Facebook account on PC:

  • Click the down arrow in the upper-right corner.
  • Go to Settings & privacy > Settings.
  • Select Account Settings from the left pane and click Edit next to Contact.
  • Select Add another email or mobile number.
  • Enter an email address or phone number that you have access to and click Done.
  • Tap Add your phone number? to add and confirm a number.

To add a second email address to your Facebook account on iPhone/Android:

  • Open the Facebook app and tap the gear icon in the upper-right corner.
  • Tap Personal information, then Contact info.
  • Tap Add phone number or Add Email Address and enter the information, then confirm.

Follow these rules to bump up your cybersecurity game across all your accounts:

The End of a Decade

First released on October 22, 2009, Windows 7 has reached “end of support” from Microsoft and will be retired on January 14th 2020. It will be joining other great operating system like Windows XP and Windows 98, and some not so great operating systems like Windows Vista and Windows Millennium.

Following a 3 year run of Windows 7, Microsoft released Windows 8 in the fall of 2012. Due to it’s departure from the traditional “start menu” Windows 8 remained “unpopular” and many users decided to “downgrade” to Windows 7. 1 year later Microsoft released Windows 8.1 to address some of the criticism of Windows 8, but they never did “fix” the start menu.

IT’S BACK…

Windows 10’s October 2018 Update Is Almost Back, Just in Time for Halloween

On October 30, 2018, Microsoft released build 17763.104 Windows 10 October 2018 Update to Windows Insiders in the Slow and Release Preview rings. The “Release Preview” ring is the final step that occurs before Microsoft releases the update to everyone, so that means it’s almost done. Unless any other show-stopping bugs are found, the October 2018 Update is on the cusp of final release. {read article}