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How to stop robocalls, block numbers on your iPhone, Android and even landline


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How to stop robocalls, block numbers on your iPhone, Android and even landline

You have a whole arsenal of smartphone tools at your disposal: Block numbers, Do Not Disturb mode, and apps can help end this telephonic pestilence.

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Kim Komando
USA TODAY

 

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Why is the robocall plague getting worse every year?


This is why the rising number of robocall complaints is alarming, it's a plague that the world can do without. But is relief in sight? If anything, the robocall problem is just getting worse each year...

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Why is the robocall plague getting worse every year?

If you are like me, you get plenty of spam ca…

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By Francis Navarro, Komando.com

 

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How Hackers and Scammers Break into iCloud-Locked iPhones

In a novel melding of physical and cybercrime, hackers, thieves, and even independent repair companies are finding ways to "unlock iCloud" from iPhones

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The iCloud security feature has likely cut down on the number of iPhones that have been stolen, but enterprising criminals have found ways to remove iCloud in order to resell devices. To do this, they phish the phone’s original owners, or scam employees at Apple Stores, which have the ability to override iCloud locks...

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How to stop your smartphone from tracking your every move, sharing data and sending ads


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How to stop your smartphone from tracking your every move, sharing data and sending ads

Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and many others make money off mobile ads, and they need this information to power data mining machines.

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Kim Komando
USA TODAY

 

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They aren't called smartphones for nothing


Your phone and TV are tracking you, and political campaigns are listening in


https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-campaign-tech-privacy-20190220-story.html

Your phone and TV are tracking you, and political campaigns are listening in

Unbeknownst to most Americans, political operations can tap information from their phones to reveal where they have been, what they have bought and even who they might have met.

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By EVAN HALPER

 

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data mining machines


How to stop your smartphone from tracking your every move, sharing data and sending ads


https://www.yahoo.com/news/stop-smartphone-tracking-every-move-110002453.html

How to stop your smartphone from tracking your every move, sharing data and sending ads

Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and many others make money off mobile ads, and they need this information to power data mining machines.

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Kim Komando
USA TODAY

 

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This Is How Often You Should Restart Your Phone


But just how often do we need to shut off our smartphones? As opposed to how often you need to shut down your computer, your smartphone has a more hard and fast rule you should live by: once a week, shut it off, let it rest at least one minute, and then you can fire it back up...

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/often-restart-phone-200050215.html

This Is How Often You Should Restart Your Phone

We live and die by our cell phone, rarely giving it the chance to reboot and refresh. But are you harming the device without knowing it? We asked the experts.

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Aly WalanskyIsabel Roy
Reader's Digest

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John Oliver Unleashes Robocall Hell On FCC Commissioners


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John Oliver Unleashes Robocall Hell On FCC Commissioners

UPDATED with video: John Oliver is robocalling all FCC commissioners, including his nemesis, FCC chairman Ajit Pai, to protest Pai's decision not to attack the menace that keeps growing. Thanks to new tactics, which Oliver detailed on Sunday's...

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Lisa de Moraes
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