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On password managers

July 22, 2022 N8N 0 Comments computer help, Matt Bentley, Password managers

There are things called ‘password managers’, which, as the name suggest, store and manage your online passwords for the various accounts you have across the internet. Let’s go over these.

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What is cryptocurrency, and should you care?

July 6, 2022 N8N 2 Comments computer columns, Cryptocurrency, Matt Bentley

Put briefly: cryptocurrency is much ado about nothing, and you shouldn’t care about it.

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Cellphone insecurity

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 N8N 0 Comments Cell phone security, computer column, Matt Bentley

Occasionally I hear from people who’ve had some dodgy software installed on their phone – usually an Android phone.

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Gaming – good, bad or both?

April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 N8N 0 Comments computer column games, computer games, Matt Bentley

I don’t play computer games much anymore but they are certainly part of my past. Parents or caregivers might ask, are games really of any redeeming value or just an empty distraction with a danger of addiction?

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Backing up that computer

December 13, 2021December 14, 2021 N8N 0 Comments Backing up computers, Bentley Home PC Support, comuter advice, Matt Bentley

Manual or automatic backups? Computer guy Matt Bentley takes a look.

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The email issue

September 28, 2021September 29, 2021 N8N 0 Comments computer advice, Matt Bentley, Working with email

Email opened up the world to online commerce but also to online treachery. The number of scams and spam coming through our inboxes nowadays is overwhelming.

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