Info@wiperts.com Don’t Opt-In, Here’s Why You will often be given the opportunity to opt-in, but don’t, here’s why. The phrase opting in means that you are agreeing to something. When you opt out you are not agreeing. When you are given a checkbox to check that states Opt Out, make that selection. Often if you…
Info@wiperts.com Websites that are giving out your personal information If you browse a lot online you probably wonder which websites are giving out your personal information. Some do so unintentionally; maybe you posted something on their website and didn’t realize that that information could be seen by anyone. There are other websites, though, that purchase…
Info@wiperts.com How to protect your personal info on Facebook With the new information the public has about tech companies sharing user data, many people are wondering how to protect personal info on Facebook. Unfortunately, you can’t protect your data from Facebook; they have access to everything you do on their application. Every post, every emoji,…
Info@wiperts.com What tech giants really do with your data? Now that people know tech giants have been stockpiling data, people want to know what these tech giant’s do with all your data. For better or worse, whether we like it or not, huge companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, Yahoo, Twitter, and LinkedIn have control over…
Info@wiperts.com Privacy issues with smartphones With so many people using smartphones now there was bound to be issues with privacy. The two most popular smartphone operating systems are Android and iOS. While iOS is used exclusively on iPhone smartphones. The Android operating system is used on multiple smartphone brands including Samsung, Sony, LG, Google Pixel,…
Info@wiperts.com Hiding and Deleting your personal online data With all the info about us online it’s no surprise that people are asking more and more, How do I hide my information online or how do I delete my information off the internet? Hiding your information is easier than deleting it. While you can’t hide everything,…
Info@wiperts.com Find out what Google knows about you, and delete it Google itself only has access to certain information, and that’s the information that is in your emails if you have Gmail or in Hangouts if you use that application. As far as the search engine goes, they are only the messenger. They deliver search…
Info@wiperts.com Free Search Tool Could Expose Your Personal Information There is a new scam online that has been luring people into giving up their personal information. Click bait websites that promise to “find your data” or “expose the truth” about someone or something are basically scanning your computer to gather whatever information they can. When…
Info@wiperts.com How Online information Makes Stalking Easy As recently as ten years ago, if a mentally ill stalker was obsessed with someone and wanted to track that person’s every move, they would literally have to get up, leave their house and follow her or him. If they had the money, they could instead hire someone,…
Info@wiperts.com Protect your privacy and remove data from online services With all the information about us online, it’s hard to keep certain information such as your home address, relative’s names, phone numbers, and other identifying information, private. All of this available information makes it easy for scammers to target various segments of the population. In…