Apple's got a new, more affordable iPhone. I'll break down everything you need to know about the iPhone sixteen E, what it has and what it doesn't. Looking for a new job, Google's latest tool could help you find your next career move. And the one app that'll instantly make your smartphone photos pop. Trust me, you're gonna want this one plus your tech questions answered. What's going on? I'm Rich Damiro and this is rich on Tech. This is the show where I talk about the tech stuff I think you should know about. It's also the place where I answer your questions about technology. I believe that tech should be interesting, useful, and fun. Let's open up those phone lines at triple eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give me a call if you have a question about technology. Email is also an option. Just go to the website. Rich on tech dot TV Hitcomact again rich on tech dot TV guests. This week, we've got Titanya Jordan. She's going to join me to talk about her new book and keeping kids safe online. Yeah, parents, I know we're all out of control. She's gonna help rain some of this stuff in Brandon Butch, tech YouTuber and writer at the Apple Den will join me to talk all things Apple. We'll hit on the iPhone sixteen E, some changes over in Europe, and all the other things that Apple is doing this week. Lots of little announcements with them, and then later on in the show, if Akundo holdsmeister from how two Men, we'll talk about some of the coolest hidden Android apps. Get ready to download some great new apps. He does a great job on YouTube with those well. Apple has launched the successor to the iPhone SE. It is called the iPhone sixteen E. Now the E doesn't officially stand for anything, of course, there's many speculations going around online about what it might stand for, economical, essential, everything, whatever else.

Apple's got a new, more affordable iPhone. I'll break down everything you need to know about the iPhone sixteen E, what it has and what it doesn't. Looking for a new job, Google's latest tool could help you find your next career move. And the one app that'll instantly make your smartphone photos pop. Trust me, you're gonna want this one plus your tech questions answered. What's going on? I'm Rich Damiro and this is rich on Tech. This is the show where I talk about the tech stuff I think you should know about. It's also the place where I answer your questions about technology. I believe that tech should be interesting, useful, and fun. Let's open up those phone lines at triple eight rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Give me a call if you have a question about technology. Email is also an option. Just go to the website. Rich on tech dot TV Hitcomact again rich on tech dot TV guests. This week, we've got Titanya Jordan. She's going to join me to talk about her new book and keeping kids safe online. Yeah, parents, I know we're all out of control. She's gonna help rain some of this stuff in Brandon Butch, tech YouTuber and writer at the Apple Den will join me to talk all things Apple. We'll hit on the iPhone sixteen E, some changes over in Europe, and all the other things that Apple is doing this week. Lots of little announcements with them, and then later on in the show, if Akundo holdsmeister from how two Men, we'll talk about some of the coolest hidden Android apps. Get ready to download some great new apps. He does a great job on YouTube with those well. Apple has launched the successor to the iPhone SE. It is called the iPhone sixteen E. Now the E doesn't officially stand for anything, of course, there's many speculations going around online about what it might stand for, economical, essential, everything, whatever else.

You can think of. This starts with E.

You can think of. This starts with E.

But this is the phone that is replacing the iPhone SE. It's been over a thousand days since they came out with that phone, so it was time for an update. And this is a modern smartphone with pretty much everything you need at a price that is not so bad so basic specs. Yes, it has a bigger screen six point one inches. It's got the A eighteen chip, which is Apple's latest processor. On the iPhone sixteen, not the Pro. The Pro has a slightly more elevated chip, but this is like their latest modern chip. It's got a one forty eight megapixel camera, so just one camera lens on this but I'll talk about that in a bit.

But this is the phone that is replacing the iPhone SE. It's been over a thousand days since they came out with that phone, so it was time for an update. And this is a modern smartphone with pretty much everything you need at a price that is not so bad so basic specs. Yes, it has a bigger screen six point one inches. It's got the A eighteen chip, which is Apple's latest processor. On the iPhone sixteen, not the Pro. The Pro has a slightly more elevated chip, but this is like their latest modern chip. It's got a one forty eight megapixel camera, so just one camera lens on this but I'll talk about that in a bit.

It also has face ID instead of a home button.

It also has face ID instead of a home button.

I know a lot of people like the se because they're holding on to that home button. But with this phone, Apple has officially retired that old technology. Now all of their phones in the line up to have face ID. And it's also got USBC instead of lightning, so again another modern upgrade. Now because it has that latest processor, there is support for Apple Intelligence. This is their suite of all of the different you know, writing tools and the image playground and all that fun stuff that you can do that I'll be quite honest, I don't use a ton of it on the iPhone. I have it on my model, but I don't find myself using it. I still am pretty much turning to chat GBT when I need to do things. Now, when it comes to buttons on this phone, I mentioned there's no home button, but there isn't action button on the side. So remember that little slider they used to have the little toggle switch for ringer and silent. Well that's been replaced on the later iPhones with what's called an action button. And the neat thing about this action button is if you want it to, you know, still function in the same way as your ring silent switch, you can still do that. You just press it and hold it and it will toggle between those two functionalities. But the neat thing is you can assign it to do a whole bunch of other things. So you can make it launch the camera, it can launch the flashlight, it can activate a voice memo. You can also use it for visual intelligence, so there is no camera control. The second button that they added to the new latest iPhones, the iPhone sixteen models, that is not on this device. But you can still assign this action button to let you do pretty much whatever you want. You can make it open up an app. And this intelligence feature is kind of interesting because this is kind of Apple's version of Google lens. So if you activate this visual intelligence, you can aim it at a bird, it can identify the bird. If you aim it at a business card, it can add that information to your contacts. It can identify plants, animals, and much more. You can also use it to search items. So if you're looking at something like a address or a couch you want to buy, someone has something in their house that you want, you can just search Google for that product for where to buy it, and of course it links up with chat GBT if it can't get the answer through Apple or through Google. This is the first iPhone to have a modem designed by Apple.

I know a lot of people like the se because they're holding on to that home button. But with this phone, Apple has officially retired that old technology. Now all of their phones in the line up to have face ID. And it's also got USBC instead of lightning, so again another modern upgrade. Now because it has that latest processor, there is support for Apple Intelligence. This is their suite of all of the different you know, writing tools and the image playground and all that fun stuff that you can do that I'll be quite honest, I don't use a ton of it on the iPhone. I have it on my model, but I don't find myself using it. I still am pretty much turning to chat GBT when I need to do things. Now, when it comes to buttons on this phone, I mentioned there's no home button, but there isn't action button on the side. So remember that little slider they used to have the little toggle switch for ringer and silent. Well that's been replaced on the later iPhones with what's called an action button. And the neat thing about this action button is if you want it to, you know, still function in the same way as your ring silent switch, you can still do that. You just press it and hold it and it will toggle between those two functionalities. But the neat thing is you can assign it to do a whole bunch of other things. So you can make it launch the camera, it can launch the flashlight, it can activate a voice memo. You can also use it for visual intelligence, so there is no camera control. The second button that they added to the new latest iPhones, the iPhone sixteen models, that is not on this device. But you can still assign this action button to let you do pretty much whatever you want. You can make it open up an app. And this intelligence feature is kind of interesting because this is kind of Apple's version of Google lens. So if you activate this visual intelligence, you can aim it at a bird, it can identify the bird. If you aim it at a business card, it can add that information to your contacts. It can identify plants, animals, and much more. You can also use it to search items. So if you're looking at something like a address or a couch you want to buy, someone has something in their house that you want, you can just search Google for that product for where to buy it, and of course it links up with chat GBT if it can't get the answer through Apple or through Google. This is the first iPhone to have a modem designed by Apple.

And this is pretty wild.

And this is pretty wild.

I know, it seems like a small thing because who cares about the motem inside of a phone? But Qualcomm typically makes those modems, and so the fact that Apple's making their own, that's, you know, kind of a big shift for this because they do sell hundreds of millions of iPhones every year, and so the fact that that is moving away from Qualcom not a good thing for their business, but of course a good thing for Apple because they can now optimize that modem to do exactly what they want on these phones. This is called the C one, and Apple says already they're getting fast and reliable five G coverage, but also it's making the phone have better battery life, because if you think about it, most of these phone makers have to kind of shimmy into what these chips do. So they get the chip, and they get the camera lens, and they get all this stuff from different manufacturers and then they build the phone around it. With Apple, when it comes to the processor and also this now modem, they are designing that from the ground to work with the phone, so they can make their software very very specific in how it does everything, and you get a lot of efficiency and power and computing efficiency through that. So now when it comes to the camera, this is a two to one camera system. So yes, I said, it's just one lens forty eight megapixels, but because it's so high megapixels, you can crop into the picture, which means effectively you have a two x telephoto zoom without any loss of quality. So we're gonna have to test that out see how that works in real life. But yes, one lens on the back, very simple setup, No dedicated zoom lens, no ultra wide lens, no macro photography, no spatial photography, so no three D pictures or videos off of this.

I know, it seems like a small thing because who cares about the motem inside of a phone? But Qualcomm typically makes those modems, and so the fact that Apple's making their own, that's, you know, kind of a big shift for this because they do sell hundreds of millions of iPhones every year, and so the fact that that is moving away from Qualcom not a good thing for their business, but of course a good thing for Apple because they can now optimize that modem to do exactly what they want on these phones. This is called the C one, and Apple says already they're getting fast and reliable five G coverage, but also it's making the phone have better battery life, because if you think about it, most of these phone makers have to kind of shimmy into what these chips do. So they get the chip, and they get the camera lens, and they get all this stuff from different manufacturers and then they build the phone around it. With Apple, when it comes to the processor and also this now modem, they are designing that from the ground to work with the phone, so they can make their software very very specific in how it does everything, and you get a lot of efficiency and power and computing efficiency through that. So now when it comes to the camera, this is a two to one camera system. So yes, I said, it's just one lens forty eight megapixels, but because it's so high megapixels, you can crop into the picture, which means effectively you have a two x telephoto zoom without any loss of quality. So we're gonna have to test that out see how that works in real life. But yes, one lens on the back, very simple setup, No dedicated zoom lens, no ultra wide lens, no macro photography, no spatial photography, so no three D pictures or videos off of this.

But again, this is a basic phone. You don't need all that stuff.

But again, this is a basic phone. You don't need all that stuff.

Now, when it comes to emergency services, Apple has really been good in this aspect. Satellite is supported, so you can do messages over satellite, you can send emergency SOS, roadside assistance via satellite. You can also update your location and find my via satellite. Plus it's got crash detection. So Apple has really led the charge in sort of these emergency services. Your phone is your lifeline. So if you get into an accident, something happens, you're in the middle of nowhere, your phone is basically gonna call emergency services for you. So that's pretty amazing. Now, if you have the iPhone se, I think that this is gonna be a really nice upgrade. I know you're gonna lose that home button, but I think overall, this is a really nice phone for the price. But there are some things you don't get, and I haven't mentioned the price just yet, have I I'll tell you that in a moment. You do get an OLED screen, but it's not gonna be as bright as the iPhone sixteen. So in almost every aspect you're getting what you need, but you're getting kind of a little bit of a lesser version of it.

Now, when it comes to emergency services, Apple has really been good in this aspect. Satellite is supported, so you can do messages over satellite, you can send emergency SOS, roadside assistance via satellite. You can also update your location and find my via satellite. Plus it's got crash detection. So Apple has really led the charge in sort of these emergency services. Your phone is your lifeline. So if you get into an accident, something happens, you're in the middle of nowhere, your phone is basically gonna call emergency services for you. So that's pretty amazing. Now, if you have the iPhone se, I think that this is gonna be a really nice upgrade. I know you're gonna lose that home button, but I think overall, this is a really nice phone for the price. But there are some things you don't get, and I haven't mentioned the price just yet, have I I'll tell you that in a moment. You do get an OLED screen, but it's not gonna be as bright as the iPhone sixteen. So in almost every aspect you're getting what you need, but you're getting kind of a little bit of a lesser version of it.

And I think for most people that's not going to be that big of a problem.

And I think for most people that's not going to be that big of a problem.

There's no dynamic island that's that little area near the selfie camera that displays information. It's the kind of traditional notch they had on older models of the iPhone. Also, there's no always on display. So if you like to look at your phone, glance at the screen, be able to see the time and notifications without touching it, that's not happening on this device. There's also now this gets into a little bit of a nuanced area. But this phone, and I think a lot of people, of course give Apple some issue with this. It's got a slow refresh rate, so slower than Android phones of this quality.

There's no dynamic island that's that little area near the selfie camera that displays information. It's the kind of traditional notch they had on older models of the iPhone. Also, there's no always on display. So if you like to look at your phone, glance at the screen, be able to see the time and notifications without touching it, that's not happening on this device. There's also now this gets into a little bit of a nuanced area. But this phone, and I think a lot of people, of course give Apple some issue with this. It's got a slow refresh rate, so slower than Android phones of this quality.

And what does that mean.

And what does that mean.

It means that when you're moving around on the screen, things may not refresh as quickly.

It means that when you're moving around on the screen, things may not refresh as quickly.

They may be a little bit slower to the eye.

They may be a little bit slower to the eye.

But I don't think people that are buying this phone are going to care about that, and that's never been a big issue with Apple because it's still a very good device. Now there is wireless charging. There's no support for mag Safe, so that means you can't magnetically attach accessories to the back. But you can add this functionality through a case. It has to be a third party case. Apple came out with some of their own cases. They do not have mag Safe that they add. Also, the sixteen E supports slower wireless charging, so it's only seven and a half watch versus fifteen, which is the full speed charging on the iPhone sixteen models. Now there's no ultra wide bandship, which means, yes, you can still find your air tags and other items, it's just not going to lead you to them precisely. So yes, you can still locate stuff, but the ultra widebandship allows you to kind of your phone will tell you, hey, move over to the left, and it's two hundred feet away there.

But I don't think people that are buying this phone are going to care about that, and that's never been a big issue with Apple because it's still a very good device. Now there is wireless charging. There's no support for mag Safe, so that means you can't magnetically attach accessories to the back. But you can add this functionality through a case. It has to be a third party case. Apple came out with some of their own cases. They do not have mag Safe that they add. Also, the sixteen E supports slower wireless charging, so it's only seven and a half watch versus fifteen, which is the full speed charging on the iPhone sixteen models. Now there's no ultra wide bandship, which means, yes, you can still find your air tags and other items, it's just not going to lead you to them precisely. So yes, you can still locate stuff, but the ultra widebandship allows you to kind of your phone will tell you, hey, move over to the left, and it's two hundred feet away there.

It is.

It is.

Also there's Wi Fi six versus the latest Wi Fi seven on the other iPhone sixteen models. But still this is a great value for an iPhone. Now the price is higher than before. The SEU was four hundred and twenty nine dollars. This is five hundred ninety nine dollars. But I'm already seeing tons of deals. Verizons got this thing for like five bucks a month at and T and T MO will have it if you trade in a line completely free. But check the latest deals, because that's what this phone is all about. It's about value and getting you into the Apple ecosystem. It's for people that walk into an Apple store and say I don't care about the features. I just want a new phone. That's all I care about, and I want a good price. That's who they're going to sell this phone to. And I'm telling you they're going to sell a lot of these things because by the time you get through all the features on it, you're saying, well, I've got the basics covered, what more do I need? And the person that's selling to you is gonna say, yeah, it's fine. I mean, do you need the three lenses, do you need the ultra wideband? Do you need the fastest WiFi? People are gonna say no, it's all fine. So this is a direct response to all of those inexpensive Android phones out there. And I think what Apple has done is they've reached such a scale with their business they're getting tough to beat. They make their own processors, everything performs really well. Now, they make their own modems, so every little breakthrough they have pays off for years to come. Not to mention, they also have stores in every major city around the world that you can walk into and get help with your phone, plus repair shops that fix your phone, plus successories. The iPhone sixteen E is five hundred and ninety nine dollars for a one hundred and twenty eight gigabyte model. It's available Friday, February twenty eighth. Of course, when I get my hands on this thing, I will test it. I will give you my thoughts, but I think generally Apple is going to sell a lot of these phones. All right, coming up on the show, we are going to talk to you eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. If you want to read some more of my thoughts on the iPhone sixteen e go to my website rich on Tech dot TV.

Also there's Wi Fi six versus the latest Wi Fi seven on the other iPhone sixteen models. But still this is a great value for an iPhone. Now the price is higher than before. The SEU was four hundred and twenty nine dollars. This is five hundred ninety nine dollars. But I'm already seeing tons of deals. Verizons got this thing for like five bucks a month at and T and T MO will have it if you trade in a line completely free. But check the latest deals, because that's what this phone is all about. It's about value and getting you into the Apple ecosystem. It's for people that walk into an Apple store and say I don't care about the features. I just want a new phone. That's all I care about, and I want a good price. That's who they're going to sell this phone to. And I'm telling you they're going to sell a lot of these things because by the time you get through all the features on it, you're saying, well, I've got the basics covered, what more do I need? And the person that's selling to you is gonna say, yeah, it's fine. I mean, do you need the three lenses, do you need the ultra wideband? Do you need the fastest WiFi? People are gonna say no, it's all fine. So this is a direct response to all of those inexpensive Android phones out there. And I think what Apple has done is they've reached such a scale with their business they're getting tough to beat. They make their own processors, everything performs really well. Now, they make their own modems, so every little breakthrough they have pays off for years to come. Not to mention, they also have stores in every major city around the world that you can walk into and get help with your phone, plus repair shops that fix your phone, plus successories. The iPhone sixteen E is five hundred and ninety nine dollars for a one hundred and twenty eight gigabyte model. It's available Friday, February twenty eighth. Of course, when I get my hands on this thing, I will test it. I will give you my thoughts, but I think generally Apple is going to sell a lot of these phones. All right, coming up on the show, we are going to talk to you eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. If you want to read some more of my thoughts on the iPhone sixteen e go to my website rich on Tech dot TV.

We'll be right back.

We'll be right back.

Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple A rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Just talking to Adam who's in for Bobo today. He was like, what's the deal with the always on display? So, just so you know, the always on display pretty much keeps your iPhone screen on at all times, like it's showing information like your latest notifications, the time, your widgets, and he's saying, does not use a lot of battery, and it's because these displays can be brought down to a very low refresh rate, like they're adjustable that it doesn't use much battery at all. Like I remember when they finally introduced the always on display with the iPhone and people are like, oh, that's there, goes the battery. But no, they seem to hold up. So if you want that feature, by the way, you do have to go with the sixteen Pro Max. That's not on the standard sixteen. And again it's not on the sixteen e either. Eighty eight Rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. If you want notes to anything that I talk about on the show, just go to Rich on tech dot TV hit the light Bulb. I do take very good notes and I post them all there. Let's go to Wayne in Irvine, California.

Welcome back to rich on Tech. Rich DeMuro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple A rich one oh one. That's eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. Just talking to Adam who's in for Bobo today. He was like, what's the deal with the always on display? So, just so you know, the always on display pretty much keeps your iPhone screen on at all times, like it's showing information like your latest notifications, the time, your widgets, and he's saying, does not use a lot of battery, and it's because these displays can be brought down to a very low refresh rate, like they're adjustable that it doesn't use much battery at all. Like I remember when they finally introduced the always on display with the iPhone and people are like, oh, that's there, goes the battery. But no, they seem to hold up. So if you want that feature, by the way, you do have to go with the sixteen Pro Max. That's not on the standard sixteen. And again it's not on the sixteen e either. Eighty eight Rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two four one zero one. If you want notes to anything that I talk about on the show, just go to Rich on tech dot TV hit the light Bulb. I do take very good notes and I post them all there. Let's go to Wayne in Irvine, California.

Wayne, you're on with.

Wayne, you're on with.

Rich him Rich, I have a big problem to hear this week. A few days ago, my Facebook account was suspended and I got a message and say, your Facebook account was suspended because your Instagram account and it has an Instagram account name, does not follow our rules.

Rich him Rich, I have a big problem to hear this week. A few days ago, my Facebook account was suspended and I got a message and say, your Facebook account was suspended because your Instagram account and it has an Instagram account name, does not follow our rules.

And it's not my account.

And it's not my account.

I guess I've been hacked and as a result, because it didn't follow their rules. Whatever they did, they shut down my whole Facebook account. How do I get it back?

I guess I've been hacked and as a result, because it didn't follow their rules. Whatever they did, they shut down my whole Facebook account. How do I get it back?

This is this is a major problem, Wayan, and you know, I feel for you, number one, because it's very frustrating because you can't really get a hold of someone at Facebook.

This is this is a major problem, Wayan, and you know, I feel for you, number one, because it's very frustrating because you can't really get a hold of someone at Facebook.

So this happened to me, but it wasn't It was a mistake.

So this happened to me, but it wasn't It was a mistake.

I was not hacked, just I don't know if I was targeted whatever from Facebook, but I but I mind all of a sudden went away. And the way I got it back was I tweeted and of course people see me and you know whatever, they ended up getting it back somehow miraculously. But for the rest of you that have to deal with the standard process of Facebook, it is not easy. So number one, you got to go to Facebook dot com slash hacked, and that is the place to go to get your account back. The way that they are taking over these accounts is many, many ways. So if you have a week password, obviously that's an easy one. The second way is they find your password online through all these data leaks and hacks and things, and they just try a bunch of them Facebook. I mean, there are a couple of main websites out there right, Facebook, Instagram, x, Gmail, Yahoo, all of those accounts people are going to try when they find your user name and your password online. So if they find an email address that's got an email and a password, they're going to just go to these websites and try them. It's most of the time an automated system that's just trying many of them all at the same time. But sometimes they get in, like they did with your account. So once they get in, what are they doing? Why do they even want access to these accounts? They want access because these are legitimate accounts, And so all of a sudden, your account goes from sharing your puppy photos with your friends to now selling some crypto scam to your friends and texting all of them and saying, hey, I've got this great offer for you, and your friend is like, that's not typically like what Wayne is texting me, But I'll text them back because my friend Wayne. And then of course your friend realizes that it's not really you, it's a hacker, and the scam just continues and they it's a numbers game. So that's the number one place to go Facebook dot Com, slash hacked. It does take a while, you may get it back, you may not, but I know from experience it does take a long time. Now, the other thing people have had some success with is this thing called meta verified. So if you go through Facebook dot com slash hacked, you're not going to get a human right, You're just gonna go through an automated system over and over, keep trying. But meta verified you pay fifteen bucks a month to get verified, and then what happens when you pay that fifteen dollars a month. You now have access to a live human being who can help you get your account back. Now, we had this exact same issue last week, and I'm trying to find my feedback here where I put this in. But let's see she ended up. We had Alison and Newport Beach. She got our business Instagram account taken down for violations. She knew what was not true. I told her about the meta verified program. She emailed me after the show saying, oh MG, it worked, my account was back. Thanks so much for your help. I'm on the hook for eleven ninety nine a month through meta but I'm happy to be part of their protection plan. So she got her account back instant, I mean almost instantly after she did this, so I told her, I said, look, you probably don't have to pay forever. Just pay for the first month, get your account back, get it up and running, secure your account, and then you can stop paying. And here is the most important takeaway for not only you, Wane, but every single person that has an Instagram or a Facebook account. Lock down your account with two factor authentication. So Google Facebook, two factor authentication, Instagram two factor authentication. That is what you need to do. So what happens is even if someone gets into your account with your username and your password, once they try to log in, it is going to text you a code and they are not going to have that code because it's going to go to your cell phone or your email address, and the hacker is going to be foiled because they don't have it. And when you get that code, you go, oh ooh, that's a problem. Why am I getting this code randomly? It's because someone's trying to get into your account. So please the takeaway use strong passwords, unique passwords, two factor authentication. That is the best way to authenticate and keep your account safe. An authentication app is better than a text message.

I was not hacked, just I don't know if I was targeted whatever from Facebook, but I but I mind all of a sudden went away. And the way I got it back was I tweeted and of course people see me and you know whatever, they ended up getting it back somehow miraculously. But for the rest of you that have to deal with the standard process of Facebook, it is not easy. So number one, you got to go to Facebook dot com slash hacked, and that is the place to go to get your account back. The way that they are taking over these accounts is many, many ways. So if you have a week password, obviously that's an easy one. The second way is they find your password online through all these data leaks and hacks and things, and they just try a bunch of them Facebook. I mean, there are a couple of main websites out there right, Facebook, Instagram, x, Gmail, Yahoo, all of those accounts people are going to try when they find your user name and your password online. So if they find an email address that's got an email and a password, they're going to just go to these websites and try them. It's most of the time an automated system that's just trying many of them all at the same time. But sometimes they get in, like they did with your account. So once they get in, what are they doing? Why do they even want access to these accounts? They want access because these are legitimate accounts, And so all of a sudden, your account goes from sharing your puppy photos with your friends to now selling some crypto scam to your friends and texting all of them and saying, hey, I've got this great offer for you, and your friend is like, that's not typically like what Wayne is texting me, But I'll text them back because my friend Wayne. And then of course your friend realizes that it's not really you, it's a hacker, and the scam just continues and they it's a numbers game. So that's the number one place to go Facebook dot Com, slash hacked. It does take a while, you may get it back, you may not, but I know from experience it does take a long time. Now, the other thing people have had some success with is this thing called meta verified. So if you go through Facebook dot com slash hacked, you're not going to get a human right, You're just gonna go through an automated system over and over, keep trying. But meta verified you pay fifteen bucks a month to get verified, and then what happens when you pay that fifteen dollars a month. You now have access to a live human being who can help you get your account back. Now, we had this exact same issue last week, and I'm trying to find my feedback here where I put this in. But let's see she ended up. We had Alison and Newport Beach. She got our business Instagram account taken down for violations. She knew what was not true. I told her about the meta verified program. She emailed me after the show saying, oh MG, it worked, my account was back. Thanks so much for your help. I'm on the hook for eleven ninety nine a month through meta but I'm happy to be part of their protection plan. So she got her account back instant, I mean almost instantly after she did this, so I told her, I said, look, you probably don't have to pay forever. Just pay for the first month, get your account back, get it up and running, secure your account, and then you can stop paying. And here is the most important takeaway for not only you, Wane, but every single person that has an Instagram or a Facebook account. Lock down your account with two factor authentication. So Google Facebook, two factor authentication, Instagram two factor authentication. That is what you need to do. So what happens is even if someone gets into your account with your username and your password, once they try to log in, it is going to text you a code and they are not going to have that code because it's going to go to your cell phone or your email address, and the hacker is going to be foiled because they don't have it. And when you get that code, you go, oh ooh, that's a problem. Why am I getting this code randomly? It's because someone's trying to get into your account. So please the takeaway use strong passwords, unique passwords, two factor authentication. That is the best way to authenticate and keep your account safe. An authentication app is better than a text message.

But I'll take the text message, all right, Coming up, we're going to talk to Titania Jordan of Bark.

But I'll take the text message, all right, Coming up, we're going to talk to Titania Jordan of Bark.

She's going to tell us how to keep kids safe online. My next guest is Titania Jordan. She's with Bark Technologies and a passionate advocate for keeping kids safe online. Her new book is called Parental Control. It teaches parents how to take back the reins and guide their kids toward a safer, healthier online experience. So you're with Bark Technologies, first off, tell me what Bark.

She's going to tell us how to keep kids safe online. My next guest is Titania Jordan. She's with Bark Technologies and a passionate advocate for keeping kids safe online. Her new book is called Parental Control. It teaches parents how to take back the reins and guide their kids toward a safer, healthier online experience. So you're with Bark Technologies, first off, tell me what Bark.

Is all about.

Is all about.

Sure, So, Bark helps keep kids safer online with our Safer smartphone for Kids, Safer smart watch for Kids, our app, our community. It's just it's been incredible to see the growth since twenty fifteen.

Sure, So, Bark helps keep kids safer online with our Safer smartphone for Kids, Safer smart watch for Kids, our app, our community. It's just it's been incredible to see the growth since twenty fifteen.

What do you think kids and parents are up against on the Internet today, Well.

What do you think kids and parents are up against on the Internet today, Well.

Rich, you know just as much as I do about this, But for everybody watching and listening, it's a lot. Children are spending upwards of eight hours a day on connected tech. Their children, their parents have no frame of reference for these worlds like Snapchat and roadblocks and Minecraft, so parents are floundering. Kids are exposed to problematic content and people much younger than they should be, much more frequently than they should be, so it is truly a state of crisis.

Rich, you know just as much as I do about this, But for everybody watching and listening, it's a lot. Children are spending upwards of eight hours a day on connected tech. Their children, their parents have no frame of reference for these worlds like Snapchat and roadblocks and Minecraft, so parents are floundering. Kids are exposed to problematic content and people much younger than they should be, much more frequently than they should be, so it is truly a state of crisis.

So when we hear these terms like Snapchat and roadblocks and all these other platform games and the things that kids are just doing and it's accepted shorts, are they really bad?

So when we hear these terms like Snapchat and roadblocks and all these other platform games and the things that kids are just doing and it's accepted shorts, are they really bad?

Yes? Yeah? In short, yes, is everything bad all the time?

Yes? Yeah? In short, yes, is everything bad all the time?

No?

No?

But would you let it twelve year old drive a Lamborghini with no seat belt?

But would you let it twelve year old drive a Lamborghini with no seat belt?

No?

No?

Would you send a third grader into the woods to cut down a tree with a chainsaw?

Would you send a third grader into the woods to cut down a tree with a chainsaw?

No?

No?

You know, there's really powerful tools that we all have at our disposal, smartphones and the Internet included, and when you give children unfiltered, unfettered, unmonitored access to the Internet, bad things are going to happen.

You know, there's really powerful tools that we all have at our disposal, smartphones and the Internet included, and when you give children unfiltered, unfettered, unmonitored access to the Internet, bad things are going to happen.

It's the Internet.

It's the Internet.

What do you think about the tools that tech companies themselves put out? Okay, I know it's a loaded questions, you know the answer.

What do you think about the tools that tech companies themselves put out? Okay, I know it's a loaded questions, you know the answer.

Yeah, I will say the most promising parental controls that I have seen to date from any big tech company have been Instagram's teen accounts.

Yeah, I will say the most promising parental controls that I have seen to date from any big tech company have been Instagram's teen accounts.

Those are actually decent.

Those are actually decent.

Asterisk everything else that I have seen smoke and mirrors because the child can unlink it, or the parental controls aren't actually giving the parent any control or any meaningful insight.

Asterisk everything else that I have seen smoke and mirrors because the child can unlink it, or the parental controls aren't actually giving the parent any control or any meaningful insight.

What are some of the worst offenders out there when it comes to what kids are exposed to on these platforms.

What are some of the worst offenders out there when it comes to what kids are exposed to on these platforms.

Is it TikTok?

Is it TikTok?

Is it Instagram?

Is it Instagram?

Is it Roadblocks?

Is it Roadblocks?

If I have to.

If I have to.

Pick one, like the number one top worst app for a child, including somebody under the age of eighteen an older teen, it's Snapchat.

Pick one, like the number one top worst app for a child, including somebody under the age of eighteen an older teen, it's Snapchat.

It's absolutely Snapchat, hands down.

It's absolutely Snapchat, hands down.

Snapchat was created for the whole premise of sending disappearing dudes right, not a place that kids need to be. It makes children think unrealistically that their photos and videos will disappear when we know that they are saved to a server or somebody else nearby can take a.

Snapchat was created for the whole premise of sending disappearing dudes right, not a place that kids need to be. It makes children think unrealistically that their photos and videos will disappear when we know that they are saved to a server or somebody else nearby can take a.

Picture of it.

Picture of it.

It facilitates the sale and distribution of drugs that have fentanyl in it that have killed children. It creates too fomo and mental health issues. You know, if you're on snap maps, you see where all your friends are and you weren't invited.

It facilitates the sale and distribution of drugs that have fentanyl in it that have killed children. It creates too fomo and mental health issues. You know, if you're on snap maps, you see where all your friends are and you weren't invited.

That does not feel good.

That does not feel good.

And parents not blaming them, but I feel like they're busy, they don't understand all of the tools out there, and they just don't have the time, no to even get through what all of this means. So they let their kids. They hand the phone over, they hand the tablet, and the kids seem to be content.

And parents not blaming them, but I feel like they're busy, they don't understand all of the tools out there, and they just don't have the time, no to even get through what all of this means. So they let their kids. They hand the phone over, they hand the tablet, and the kids seem to be content.

So is that where the problem occurs. That's a huge part of the problem.

So is that where the problem occurs. That's a huge part of the problem.

And anything that I am saying to you right now is not from a place of judgment. It's from a place of I have been there. My son is sixteen. I made all the mistakes. I let the iPad baby sit him, I let him have too much tech too soon, And I am pleading with you to please not make those same mistakes with your children, because it has very real physical and mental health ramifications.

And anything that I am saying to you right now is not from a place of judgment. It's from a place of I have been there. My son is sixteen. I made all the mistakes. I let the iPad baby sit him, I let him have too much tech too soon, And I am pleading with you to please not make those same mistakes with your children, because it has very real physical and mental health ramifications.

Tell me about the book, So why did you want to write a book and what do you hope to instill in the reader?

Tell me about the book, So why did you want to write a book and what do you hope to instill in the reader?

I wrote this book because it's the book I wish I had Again. My son is sixteen, and starting when he was around three four five, I was faced with all of these issues around when to allow us access and seeing the problems it was causing with lighting up the pleasure shuner for his brain and him were responding in a way that I.

I wrote this book because it's the book I wish I had Again. My son is sixteen, and starting when he was around three four five, I was faced with all of these issues around when to allow us access and seeing the problems it was causing with lighting up the pleasure shuner for his brain and him were responding in a way that I.

Would never respond to my parents, you know, like wait what?

Would never respond to my parents, you know, like wait what?

And then I just started to realize and unpack all these things. And again I can't go back, but Hopefully those of you with younger children, or even children that are older, you have the opportunity to make a better choice today. And hopefully my book giving you the data for how to properly raise your child in this age when everything is completely nuts, can help you have a better relationship with your child, set your child up for success again physically, with more movement outside and mentally around just.

And then I just started to realize and unpack all these things. And again I can't go back, but Hopefully those of you with younger children, or even children that are older, you have the opportunity to make a better choice today. And hopefully my book giving you the data for how to properly raise your child in this age when everything is completely nuts, can help you have a better relationship with your child, set your child up for success again physically, with more movement outside and mentally around just.

Being a happier, more fulfilled human.

Being a happier, more fulfilled human.

If I had to give parents just one tip, right, maybe you don't like to read books, don't want to buy the book, that's totally fine, But I would say, and it's actually not one.

If I had to give parents just one tip, right, maybe you don't like to read books, don't want to buy the book, that's totally fine, But I would say, and it's actually not one.

I'm going to slip two in there. Two for one.

I'm going to slip two in there. Two for one.

One is just delay is the way you will not regret delaying giving your child access. And I can't claim responsibility for that quote. It comes from our friend Chris mckenn of protect young Eyes dot com. And then also just free tip, don't let your children have connected tech in the bedrooms behind closed doors overnight.

One is just delay is the way you will not regret delaying giving your child access. And I can't claim responsibility for that quote. It comes from our friend Chris mckenn of protect young Eyes dot com. And then also just free tip, don't let your children have connected tech in the bedrooms behind closed doors overnight.

You can avoid a lot of problems that way.

You can avoid a lot of problems that way.

Any warning signs parents should be aware of when their kids are either seeing too much, having too much, doing too much.

Any warning signs parents should be aware of when their kids are either seeing too much, having too much, doing too much.

Absolutely, you know when your child overreacts because you've said, okay, you've had enough. That's a clear warning sign that they are not able to self regulate. The tech is in control of them. They are not in control of the tech. So you have to work with them to help them understand that. Help them understand why there's a reason why they don't have unlimited access to a tub of ice cream at dinner, and there's a reason why they don't have unlimited access to Minecraft for seven hours on Saturday. You know warning signs that are even more severe and important to pay attention to anything involving sleep too much, not enough, diet too much, not enough grades? Are they dropping changes with friends and interest? There's an obviously normal amount of that as you grow, But if your child has completely withdrawn or seems agitated when certain people are around, just pay attention and trust your gut. We are given this gut feeling where we just we can sense something is off with your child. Do not be afraid to address it. And if your child won't talk to you, which is normal, that's okay. Don't be afraid to reach out to your child's pediatrician or school counselor, because unfortunately they are seeing a dramatic increase in issues with children, and they are best suited to help you address that.

Absolutely, you know when your child overreacts because you've said, okay, you've had enough. That's a clear warning sign that they are not able to self regulate. The tech is in control of them. They are not in control of the tech. So you have to work with them to help them understand that. Help them understand why there's a reason why they don't have unlimited access to a tub of ice cream at dinner, and there's a reason why they don't have unlimited access to Minecraft for seven hours on Saturday. You know warning signs that are even more severe and important to pay attention to anything involving sleep too much, not enough, diet too much, not enough grades? Are they dropping changes with friends and interest? There's an obviously normal amount of that as you grow, But if your child has completely withdrawn or seems agitated when certain people are around, just pay attention and trust your gut. We are given this gut feeling where we just we can sense something is off with your child. Do not be afraid to address it. And if your child won't talk to you, which is normal, that's okay. Don't be afraid to reach out to your child's pediatrician or school counselor, because unfortunately they are seeing a dramatic increase in issues with children, and they are best suited to help you address that.

What was the.

What was the.

Biggest challenge you faced in writing the book? Any chapter that stands out to you, or any topic that you thought was really the most important.

Biggest challenge you faced in writing the book? Any chapter that stands out to you, or any topic that you thought was really the most important.

In this It was suggested to me that I share some of my personal stories growing up to help give the reader reference for why I do.

In this It was suggested to me that I share some of my personal stories growing up to help give the reader reference for why I do.

This and why I care.

This and why I care.

So it was hard to talk about, you know, my childhood sexual abuse, or my own struggles with ideation and disorder eating. But I'm so thankful that I can share those things without shame, because that's how we help each other as by being real with each other. You know, I went on to have a very successful career and family, and I'm very happy and fulfilled and if I can overcome all of those things and be here with you today, like anyone can. So that was a challenge. And then also just the subtitle like how do you do this in a balanced way? You know, you can either give all the access and raise your hands up and say oh oh, or you can keep your kid in a bubble, have no internet and you know, live off the grid. Neither of those solutions work, So what is the right way the playbook, the task lisk for how to do this in a way that everybody is healthy and has balance.

So it was hard to talk about, you know, my childhood sexual abuse, or my own struggles with ideation and disorder eating. But I'm so thankful that I can share those things without shame, because that's how we help each other as by being real with each other. You know, I went on to have a very successful career and family, and I'm very happy and fulfilled and if I can overcome all of those things and be here with you today, like anyone can. So that was a challenge. And then also just the subtitle like how do you do this in a balanced way? You know, you can either give all the access and raise your hands up and say oh oh, or you can keep your kid in a bubble, have no internet and you know, live off the grid. Neither of those solutions work, So what is the right way the playbook, the task lisk for how to do this in a way that everybody is healthy and has balance.

And that was hard.

And that was hard.

That was hard to land on because we are still figuring this out in real time.

That was hard to land on because we are still figuring this out in real time.

Yeah, so I guess my final question is can this be done? I mean, can parents have a good back and forth with their kids and their kids have a good relationship with tech?

Yeah, so I guess my final question is can this be done? I mean, can parents have a good back and forth with their kids and their kids have a good relationship with tech?

Is a possible?

Is a possible?

I really believe it is.

I really believe it is.

I really believe it is because again tech is a tool, and our children can use the tech to create, to curate, to authentically connect with loved ones through FaceTime, you know, with Grandma who's across the country. We can use tech as a tool, but we have to remain in control of it. We have to have balance, and we have to be fully informed about things like addictive algorithms and misinformation. And is this an influencer? Is this just an organic post?

I really believe it is because again tech is a tool, and our children can use the tech to create, to curate, to authentically connect with loved ones through FaceTime, you know, with Grandma who's across the country. We can use tech as a tool, but we have to remain in control of it. We have to have balance, and we have to be fully informed about things like addictive algorithms and misinformation. And is this an influencer? Is this just an organic post?

You know? So we can?

You know? So we can?

We absolutely can, And it starts with listening to Rich and I today and just just paying attention and those candid conversations with your children more frequently than you might think, and younger.

We absolutely can, And it starts with listening to Rich and I today and just just paying attention and those candid conversations with your children more frequently than you might think, and younger.

Than you might think.

Than you might think.

Big thanks to Tatanya Jordan for joining me. Some great insights on how parents can help their kids navigate the online world. Her book Parental Control is available March eleventh. You can pre order it right now. It's definitely worth a read if you're looking to take charge of your.

Big thanks to Tatanya Jordan for joining me. Some great insights on how parents can help their kids navigate the online world. Her book Parental Control is available March eleventh. You can pre order it right now. It's definitely worth a read if you're looking to take charge of your.

Child's digital life. I'll put a link on my website.

Child's digital life. I'll put a link on my website.

On tech dot TV, more tech talk coming your way at triple eight. Rich one oh one, you are listening to Rich on tech. Let's go to Maureene in Burbank Marine. You're on with Rich.

On tech dot TV, more tech talk coming your way at triple eight. Rich one oh one, you are listening to Rich on tech. Let's go to Maureene in Burbank Marine. You're on with Rich.

Hi, thank you for taking that call. I love your show.

Hi, thank you for taking that call. I love your show.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I have gotten for the past week, and I think I know what's wrong. Now your iCloud subscription has expired and it click to renew and then it gives you all these plans. So I got it like almost every day now. Today when I was waiting for you to come on the line, I krised it again and Rebroot came up and said, you know, don't do it in red and everything. So I'm assuming this is a prank.

I have gotten for the past week, and I think I know what's wrong. Now your iCloud subscription has expired and it click to renew and then it gives you all these plans. So I got it like almost every day now. Today when I was waiting for you to come on the line, I krised it again and Rebroot came up and said, you know, don't do it in red and everything. So I'm assuming this is a prank.

Yeah, these have been going around and this is well, I mean, there is some truth to it, right because iCloud is a very popular service on a lot of iPhones and people do run out of storage all the time, and so they do get messages from Apple that say, hey, you need to upgrade or else you're gonna run out of space. But what I've talked about in the past on this show is that every scam artist takes what we typically get and what we know to be true, and they put some sort.

Yeah, these have been going around and this is well, I mean, there is some truth to it, right because iCloud is a very popular service on a lot of iPhones and people do run out of storage all the time, and so they do get messages from Apple that say, hey, you need to upgrade or else you're gonna run out of space. But what I've talked about in the past on this show is that every scam artist takes what we typically get and what we know to be true, and they put some sort.

Of devious twist on it.

Of devious twist on it.

Right, So they take that same message that we get that we need sometimes hey you run out of vicloud, and they make their own and it looks convincing. But and I think this is really interesting that your program popped into action and said, hey, this is a bad link, like don't click this link. And so that's really smart that you had that protection. So I like that. But yes, so I think what you've experienced is the fact that you got a bunch of emails that are bogus and they are trying to get you to click a link and to hand over personal information, and not just hand over personal information, but probably steal your Apple log in, because what happens is they will present you with a page that looks like an iCloud log in, you will log in, and next thing you know, as soon as you log in, something's not going to be right, and you're gonna go, that's kind of weird. But they capture that username and that password immediately, and they will take that and they will hack you as soon as they can. And the other thing about this is that this is why I talk about two factor authentication. Because let's say you clicked on that page, you ignore all the warnings, you log in with your Apple ID and your password, and they take it and they try to log in. What will happen is it will say, oh, okay, someone's trying to log in. Let's send Maureen a text with her two factor authentication. Hey, someone's logging in in some other random country in the world. Do you want to approve this log in? If so, yes, and here's the code to approve that login. You'll see that and you'll go, oh, I just did something really bad. So we have to be aware of these scams. We have to be aware that these scam artists pose in ways that look like stuff that should be happening, but it's not real. So always check the return email address. Always hover over the link on an email that you get and look and see what that link is bringing you to. Most of the time it's a website that is either completely off base or it's a website with a URL that looks like the real thing but is not.

Right, So they take that same message that we get that we need sometimes hey you run out of vicloud, and they make their own and it looks convincing. But and I think this is really interesting that your program popped into action and said, hey, this is a bad link, like don't click this link. And so that's really smart that you had that protection. So I like that. But yes, so I think what you've experienced is the fact that you got a bunch of emails that are bogus and they are trying to get you to click a link and to hand over personal information, and not just hand over personal information, but probably steal your Apple log in, because what happens is they will present you with a page that looks like an iCloud log in, you will log in, and next thing you know, as soon as you log in, something's not going to be right, and you're gonna go, that's kind of weird. But they capture that username and that password immediately, and they will take that and they will hack you as soon as they can. And the other thing about this is that this is why I talk about two factor authentication. Because let's say you clicked on that page, you ignore all the warnings, you log in with your Apple ID and your password, and they take it and they try to log in. What will happen is it will say, oh, okay, someone's trying to log in. Let's send Maureen a text with her two factor authentication. Hey, someone's logging in in some other random country in the world. Do you want to approve this log in? If so, yes, and here's the code to approve that login. You'll see that and you'll go, oh, I just did something really bad. So we have to be aware of these scams. We have to be aware that these scam artists pose in ways that look like stuff that should be happening, but it's not real. So always check the return email address. Always hover over the link on an email that you get and look and see what that link is bringing you to. Most of the time it's a website that is either completely off base or it's a website with a URL that looks like the real thing but is not.

So be very very careful.

So be very very careful.

Now I will tell you, Maureen, you had this software kind of pop in and it must be scanning the links that you click to make sure that they are valid. So I will put a note about this. This is why I like using Google Chrome over Safari on the iPhone. So Google Chrome has this thing called Enhanced Browsing protection, and so what they're doing is they're actually scanning. It's called enhanced Safe browsing. So generally they have safe browsing is the default. Enhanced is a little bit more. But what happens is when you're on Google Chrome, any link that you go to, Google is scanning that link to make sure it is not malware, It is not a virus, it is not a phishing link. And they're doing that based on all the other people that are surfing the web. They kind of notice when these links pop up, and so they'll put a big red screen between you and that link and say, hey, other people or we figure that this link is bad and you'll get that screen. Now that does not happen on Safari unfortunately so on your iPhone. And I've done this just the other day. I was testing some links and I clicked the same exact link on Chrome on the iPhone and Safari on the iPhone. Safari brought me right to it, No problem, go ahead, take you go there, Chrome said, huh, hold on, you might want to think twice before you click this link. So I would say that's a little bit of a reason why it's better to use Chrome on the iPhone than Safari, which is built and free from from Apple. Now, the flip side is that Google, I guess their payment for all of this protection is taking more of your personal information as you surf the web, because Google's entire business is collecting data about you and what you do and where you serf and what you search, and then selling that against advertising, whereas Apple does not do that. So you are a little bit more private in your information on Safari on the iPhone versus Chrome, but you're giving up when something like this happens, And something like this could actually be more detrimental than them knowing that you're looking for a mattress or a new cooler or whatever you're searching for it that they're selling ads against so.

Now I will tell you, Maureen, you had this software kind of pop in and it must be scanning the links that you click to make sure that they are valid. So I will put a note about this. This is why I like using Google Chrome over Safari on the iPhone. So Google Chrome has this thing called Enhanced Browsing protection, and so what they're doing is they're actually scanning. It's called enhanced Safe browsing. So generally they have safe browsing is the default. Enhanced is a little bit more. But what happens is when you're on Google Chrome, any link that you go to, Google is scanning that link to make sure it is not malware, It is not a virus, it is not a phishing link. And they're doing that based on all the other people that are surfing the web. They kind of notice when these links pop up, and so they'll put a big red screen between you and that link and say, hey, other people or we figure that this link is bad and you'll get that screen. Now that does not happen on Safari unfortunately so on your iPhone. And I've done this just the other day. I was testing some links and I clicked the same exact link on Chrome on the iPhone and Safari on the iPhone. Safari brought me right to it, No problem, go ahead, take you go there, Chrome said, huh, hold on, you might want to think twice before you click this link. So I would say that's a little bit of a reason why it's better to use Chrome on the iPhone than Safari, which is built and free from from Apple. Now, the flip side is that Google, I guess their payment for all of this protection is taking more of your personal information as you surf the web, because Google's entire business is collecting data about you and what you do and where you serf and what you search, and then selling that against advertising, whereas Apple does not do that. So you are a little bit more private in your information on Safari on the iPhone versus Chrome, but you're giving up when something like this happens, And something like this could actually be more detrimental than them knowing that you're looking for a mattress or a new cooler or whatever you're searching for it that they're selling ads against so.

Good question, Maureen.

Good question, Maureen.

Hopefully you have your pictures backed up in nycloud or wherever you're backing them up and they're safe and sound, but be careful. I actually posted this on my Instagram and this is If you're not following me on Instagram, please follow me on Instagram.

Hopefully you have your pictures backed up in nycloud or wherever you're backing them up and they're safe and sound, but be careful. I actually posted this on my Instagram and this is If you're not following me on Instagram, please follow me on Instagram.

This is what I do.

This is what I do.

I post all of the latest scams that are happening so that you are aware of them. And some of them seem just way too too unreal, like who would fall for this stuff? Like yesterday I posted one about this brushing scam? Have you heard about this?

I post all of the latest scams that are happening so that you are aware of them. And some of them seem just way too too unreal, like who would fall for this stuff? Like yesterday I posted one about this brushing scam? Have you heard about this?

People?

People?

Literally scam artists will send random packages to your house. These packages will come to your door, it'll have something in there of nominal value pair, socks, whatever, and there will be a QR code on the package and you're like, that's weird, Why did I get this package? Let me scan this QR code for more information. And that QR code may take you to a fake Amazon site. It may take you to a fake whatever site to try to get you to log in. And what are they doing? They're stealing your credentials? Now is this happening a lot? I'm not sure?

Literally scam artists will send random packages to your house. These packages will come to your door, it'll have something in there of nominal value pair, socks, whatever, and there will be a QR code on the package and you're like, that's weird, Why did I get this package? Let me scan this QR code for more information. And that QR code may take you to a fake Amazon site. It may take you to a fake whatever site to try to get you to log in. And what are they doing? They're stealing your credentials? Now is this happening a lot? I'm not sure?

Is it happening.

Is it happening.

Yes, brushing has been going on forever where these The original way they were doing it is they would send you a package, you would scan the link or whatever, and you would review the product. You'd be like, oh, here's a free product, please review it on Amazon, and you say, oh, that's cool. But now they're doing this QR code. That's nefarious. So I posted that. I will tell you when I posted the iCloud warning that you were talking about, Maureen, this was a long time ago.

Yes, brushing has been going on forever where these The original way they were doing it is they would send you a package, you would scan the link or whatever, and you would review the product. You'd be like, oh, here's a free product, please review it on Amazon, and you say, oh, that's cool. But now they're doing this QR code. That's nefarious. So I posted that. I will tell you when I posted the iCloud warning that you were talking about, Maureen, this was a long time ago.

Here it is.

Here it is.

This was in January fourth. I posted about that and says immediate action required. Secure your iCloud account now before suspending iCloud subscription alert. And I explained why it's fake, and I said, look at the reply, look at the link when you hover over it update payment information.

This was in January fourth. I posted about that and says immediate action required. Secure your iCloud account now before suspending iCloud subscription alert. And I explained why it's fake, and I said, look at the reply, look at the link when you hover over it update payment information.

It's completely bogus.

It's completely bogus.

So again, if you're not following me on Instagram at rich on Tech, and you listening to a tech program like this, may say, rich come on, this stuff is like basic. But there are people out there, especially in your family, the less tech savvy folks, who may fall for this stuff. And that's why I share it to my Instagram so that you can share it to your Instagram stories and they can be alerted about it, or you can text them with it and say, hey, you know, just be.

So again, if you're not following me on Instagram at rich on Tech, and you listening to a tech program like this, may say, rich come on, this stuff is like basic. But there are people out there, especially in your family, the less tech savvy folks, who may fall for this stuff. And that's why I share it to my Instagram so that you can share it to your Instagram stories and they can be alerted about it, or you can text them with it and say, hey, you know, just be.

Aware of this.

Aware of this.

The more you are aware of these scams, the more you are just empowered to ignore them. And when you see them, you can spot them quickly. And that's what it's all about, all right about Facebook?

The more you are aware of these scams, the more you are just empowered to ignore them. And when you see them, you can spot them quickly. And that's what it's all about, all right about Facebook?

Real quick?

Real quick?

I got a message from uh let's see Summer said, hey, can you address Facebook's new policy on their intention to delete live videos after thirty days? Yes, starting February nineteenth, which is already passed, Facebook is going to automatically delete live video recordings thirty days after you live stream. So you can save your old videos by downloading them, sharing them as the reels, or transferring them. But if you have live videos older than thirty days, that's it. These are going away after ninety days. You can postpone an individual video by six months, but either save your live videos or they're going to go away. And in the future, if you have new ones, they're going away. Facebook says they're doing this because most people watch a live video within a couple weeks of it going live. Now, you know eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two.

I got a message from uh let's see Summer said, hey, can you address Facebook's new policy on their intention to delete live videos after thirty days? Yes, starting February nineteenth, which is already passed, Facebook is going to automatically delete live video recordings thirty days after you live stream. So you can save your old videos by downloading them, sharing them as the reels, or transferring them. But if you have live videos older than thirty days, that's it. These are going away after ninety days. You can postpone an individual video by six months, but either save your live videos or they're going to go away. And in the future, if you have new ones, they're going away. Facebook says they're doing this because most people watch a live video within a couple weeks of it going live. Now, you know eight eight eight rich one O one eight eight eight seven four to two.

Four one zero one. Welcome back to rich on Tech.

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Rich Demiro here hanging out with you, talking technology at Triple eight Rich one oh one.

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