Facebook has put together a social network of over a billion people. Some of those people do not have the best interests of their fellow humans at heart. They may seek you out to get information, steal your identity, or even destroy your reputation. How do you guard against predators like that? We’ll show you … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to prevent anyone from seeing your date of birth on Facebook. It’s super easy to change your birthday privacy settings on both the Facebook website and mobile app. On a Phone or Tablet Open Facebook on your phone or tablet. This is the blue icon with a white “f” inside. … Read more
TikTok, the popular social media app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the United States. American politicians have expressed concerns about the app’s data privacy and security, leading to calls for its ban in the country. But why exactly do American politicians want to ban TikTok? Firstly, there … Read more
Want to see who’s been checking out your TikTok profile? You’re definitely not alone! Thanks to TikTok’s new profile view history feature, it’s now incredibly easy to pull up a list of everyone who has looked at your profile over the last 30 days. But before the views start rolling in, you’ll need to make … Read more
ESNI (Encrypted Server Name Indication) is a proposed standard that encrypts the Server Name Indication (SNI), which is how your browser tells the web server which website it wants to access. By default, the SNI is not encrypted, which means that anybody on the same network as you or your Internet Service Provider can see … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to remove someone from your Facebook Messenger contact list on an Android phone or tablet. Deleting Synced Contacts from your Android Open Messenger on your Android. It’s the blue chat bubble icon with a white lightning bolt inside. You’ll usually find it on the home screen or in the app … Read more
This minHour will teach you how to send documents securely in Gmail on a computer and the mobile app. With confidential mode, you can set when the email expires, require a password, and set other privacy settings. Those you send confidential emails to are unable to download, copy, paste, or forward from your email. Using … Read more
This minHour will teach you how to protect your PDF file. You can create a PDF and then protect it from editing and copying within Adobe Acrobat. Encrypting with a Certificate Open your document in Acrobat. You can either open your file inside Adobe Acrobat by going to or you can right-click the file in … Read more
A website privacy policy tells visitors to your site exactly what information you collect from them and what you do with it. They’re also required by law in most countries and states in the US. Creating a website privacy policy is easy to do. Make sure you include the basic information that explains how and … Read more
Across the world, our lives are being tracked and monitored as never before. Maybe you want to be off the government grid. Or maybe you just want to have less information out there about yourself for privacy reasons. There are ways you can do this. Becoming more Private Get off the Internet completely. You will … Read more
In the American legal system, communications between an attorney and their client in connection with the attorney providing legal assistance to the client are considered “privileged.” This means anything you write to your attorney (or your attorney writes to you) in the context of their representation of you is confidential. However, particularly with digital communications, … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to restore your original location and privacy settings on an iPhone or iPad. When you restore your original settings, all the permissions that apps use to keep track of your device’s location and provide services like weather and GPS will be revoked. Once you perform a location and privacy settings … Read more
You may be familiar with some popular tall tales about malicious internet villains hacking into webcams and violating a person’s privacy. Although these stories are definitely exaggerated in movies and television, there are potential risks to leaving your computer camera exposed all the time, like malware attacks. Thankfully, it takes less than a minute to … Read more
Would you rather certain people not see your Snap score? Because your Snapchat score is listed on your profile, you can’t hide it from your friends. But don’t worry – you can hide your Snapchat score from people you’re not friends with limiting who can see your profile. This minHour guide will show you how … Read more
Are you worried that someone has installed recording devices in your home? There’s nothing more anxiety-inducing than the feeling of being watched, so we’ve put together these simple yet helpful tricks for detecting and identifying spy equipment. This minHour guide will teach you how to thoroughly search your home for hidden cameras, microphones, and other … Read more
This minHour teaches you how to attempt to remove undesired Google search results regarding your name from the Internet. While Google usually doesn’t remove search results on request, there are a few things that you can do to remove the content itself from the page on which it’s posted. You can also use Google’s outdated … Read more
A “digital footprint” is basically your entire online presence—all of the information, posts, pictures, and data you put online, whether purposely or not. The more information you put online, the more people can learn about you. This could be a problem, like if your boss sees inappropriate social media posts or a thief finds your … Read more
With the advent of the internet into all our lives and the growth of e-commerce all over the world, entrepreneurs do look for web hosting companies that provide cost-effective, managed services that allows them a higher internet presence and thereby a vast audience. Steps Start by deciding what are the types of hosting you are … Read more
The Apache HTTP Server is one of the most widely used web server softwares available. A web server is the software that powers a website. It is an open-source software that can be run on a large number of different operating systems, including Windows. This article will teach you how to install the Apache web … Read more
If you are looking for a way to make a cheap web server, primarily to be used as a testing environment or to store files, then the Raspberry Pi is perfect for you. What is a Raspberry Pi? It is an inexpensive mini computer, perfect for basic functions. This guide will show you how to … Read more