FNMedia felt it was important to keep a blog archive. FNMedia writes and republishes information meant to empower digital users, marketing nerds, and newcomers to digital exhaust in a rapidly changing world.
Your Digital Rights Resources
Your privacy is a treasured commodity. It’s so valuable, there are battles over your information. We call it digital exhaust. Each login, each web page or Google look up you perform day-to-day, including all the info from everyone else remains logged somewhere. Eventually, that information is stolen. It’s important to simply, leave LESS information around. Here’s some outstanding resources for…
Lawsuits For Data Harvesting
Another company endures lawsuits over data harvesting. Companies continue to find ways of gathering, studying and selling your data. What for? What’s the end game? Now we have to contend with “Tracking Pixels” … oh come on! Meta Lawsuit For Harvesting Financial Data Via Tracking Pixels Bottom Line Up Front: A group of anonymous plaintiffs who filed their taxes online…
Ultrasonic Tracking
Bottom Line Up Front: As consumers have increasingly integrated smart technology into their households, the influx of smart gadgets brings understandable privacy concerns, especially since many of these companies have a controversial history of recording and reviewing users’ voice data without their consent. So, while the latest exploit termed a Near-Ultrasound Inaudible Trojan is targeted towards smart assistants and mobile…
Android New Privacy Features
You’re either using an APPLE device, or you’re using a device powered by Android operating system. Maybe you have Blackberry, or some gonzo device – either way, it’s time to update yourself on the knowledge with Android’s new privacy features. Frankly, any device you have now – you should get very familiar with the PRIVACY SETTINGS. Want to avoid a…
More Opt-Out iPhone Settings
General Rule is to explore your settings. App settings, device settings, and changes to settings that happen often with updates. You don’t have to be a tech, to get the general understanding that your information is being tracked and sold, and you’re not even being paid royalties. Here’s some more iPhone Opt-Out Settings for this holiday Easter. Bottom Line Up…
Digital Footprints Versus Digital Exhaust
Bottom Line Up Front: Digital Footprints and Digital Dust are both terms used to describe the trail of data and information that people leave behind when they use digital devices and services. However, there are some key differences between the two concepts. Both digital footprints and digital dust feed into the Digital Exhaust Ecosystem which is a complex network of…
URL Phishing Overview
In simple terms, URL phishing is a fraudulent activity of imitating familiar internet links to incite victims to click on them. These links usually lead to malicious, malware-ridden sites that fish for a person’s credentials, especially banking information and passwords. Hyperlinks in email can often connect to a web domain different from what they appear to be. Some links…
Google’s New Requests To Guardians
Yes, your day-to-day life must involve editing, adapting, peeking at your settings on each device. It seems impossible, right? Regular people in casual conversations are frequently building in the “I hate tech” or “I don’t get it” excuse. Allow this perspective — We have been in the Information Age for 25+ Years. You’ll do great. For those Google, Samsung, Android…
Apple Firmware Update For AirTags
You already know what Apple AirTags are right? They help you find your stuff. You may also notice ample articles about others being able to track you, with your own AirTags. Apple and various organizations continue to work on making AirTags impervious to such things, but currently they are designed to strongly discourage others tracking you. Firmware provides low-level control…
Advanced Data Protection
For: iOS 16.2, macOS 13.1, iCloud Memorizing new features, settings, and configuration information every time an update is released is no fun. Let’s talk about that for a moment. How many devices do you use? How many devices do you keep ON all the time? Do you honestly get the latest patches and updates? Do you spend 30 minutes or…
Work From Home
The only reason you found this article specifically, on my humble business web site – is because you searched with a “Search Engine” and found me at the TOP 10. It’s possible you were given the link to this page, or we spoke. It’s so easy there shouldn’t even be an article about it. Question then becomes: What exactly holds…
Information Age To Quantum
Not a big fan of change? This change you may like. Everything already changed and you didn’t even know it. Can you believe it’s been over 25 years since the start of the Information Age? If you recall, only a few families had a home PC, then more acquired them. Then the CompuServe, Prodigy, and America Online services brought many…
Social Media For SEO
Applies To: 2021-2022 – Discussion For: 2022-2023 Brief Overview: Social media can mean many things right now. Let’s keep the focus to just the social media platforms that show up in the search engines, or permanently document on the internet in general. A social media platform is essentially, an APP (Application) that you install. Thankfully, you can still visit their…
Twitter for SEO
There are so many great articles about utilizing Social Media for Search Engine Optimization – also known as SEO. Unlimited information good and bad circulate including Twitter Support itself – providing outstanding direct information and Knowledge Base articles that are EASY, hyperlinked, offer immediate solutions for the Twitter platform. What is Twitter, and What’s the Point? I’m with you on…
The Unfollow Test
We promised to explain to all readers why we might have unfollowed you. Something we called the UnFollow Test; there’s a lot of data, so a decision was made to make this article super-short, and if you have questions you can contact us. Twitter is an Information Battlefield, accept it. Still a fun place if you navigate safely, and maintain…