Why You Shouldn't Use "Anti-Spying” Tools for Windows 10

Did You Know? When most people think of the guillotine, they think of the bloody French Revolution of the late 18th century, but France continued use of the guillotine in capital punishment cases until it was retired in 1977. Geek Trivia What Do Pedologists Study? Pediatric Viruses → Soil → Feet → Animal Pedigrees → Advertisement Download 10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings Like everyone, appearing smart during meetings is my top priority. Sometimes this can be difficult if you start daydreaming about your next vacation, your next nap, or bacon. When this happens, it's good to have some fallback tricks to fall back on. Here are my ten favorite tricks for quickly appearing smart during meetings. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. 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The U.S. Is About to Get Much Better Weather Satellites They will provide four times better image resolution and five times faster coverage [Scientific America] Algorithms Can Tell Bosses How Employees Are Feeling Sentiment-analysis software can help companies figure out what's bothering workers—or what they're excited about. [The Atlantic] FTC won't give up fight against AT&T unlimited data throttling Agency also lobbies for more authority to protect Internet subscribers. [ArsTechnica] You can now spend money on the first iPhone 7 headphone jack case It was only a matter of time before third parties filled the void left by Apple's design choice. [The Verge] How to Change the Alignment of the Numbers in a Numbered List in Microsoft Word By default, the numbers on numbered lists are left-aligned in the space allotted for the numbering. However, aligning them to the center or the right (pictured on the right above) is easy, and we'll show you how. Read This Article → How to Manage, Customize, and Block Notifications in Android Lollipop and Marshmallow Android has always done notifications consistently well over its various iterations. In Android Lollipop and Marshmallow, notifications have gotten even better, giving users specific, granular control over notifications for every application installed on your device. Read This Article → Why You Shouldn’t Use “Anti-Spying" Tools for Windows 10 Since Windows 10’s release and the privacy controversy that followed, many “anti-spying” apps have sprung up. They promise to keep Windows 10 from tracking you–but often, they can cause more problems than they solve. Read This Article → How to Set Your Google Account to Automatically Delete (or Share) Upon Your Death Want to share your family photos after your death, but take your search history to the grave? All that and more is possible with Google’s Inactive Account Manager. Let’s take a look at how you can put your Google account on autopilot when you’re no longer at the wheel. Read This Article → Why Does My Smart Thermostat Keep Turning the A/C Off? If you recently installed a smart thermostat and discovered that it randomly turns the air conditioning or heat off, it probably isn’t broken. It’s just using a “smart” feature that, frankly, isn’t very smart. Read This Article → Teach Quick Look to Preview Unsupported Videos and Other Files on Your Mac Quick look is one of the best unsung features in macOS. Select a file in Finder, hit “Space”, and you get a quick preview. This works great for images, videos, and documents, but doesn’t support every file type under the sun. Read This Article → How to Change the Volume of Your TV Using the Apple TV Siri Remote The new Siri Remote that comes with the Apple TV 4 is definitely a step up from the previous generation, complete with a trackpad and motion tracking. The remote also comes with dedicated volume buttons that allow you to control your TV, soundbar, or audio receiver’s volume–no need for a second remote. Read This Article → How to Block Notifications from Any App in Android Android's notification system is easily one of its most powerful features. But with great power comes great responsibility, and some apps choose to abuse this. If you're sick of constant notifications from specific apps, here's how to completely disable them. Read This Article → How to Make a New Directory and Change to It with a Single Command in Linux If you spend any time in the Terminal at all, you probably use the mkdir command to create a directory, and then the cd command to change to that directory right after. However, there is a way to do both of those actions with one command. Read This Article → How to Install and Use ZFS on Ubuntu (and Why You’d Want To) Official support for the ZFS file system is one of Ubuntu 16.04’s big features. It’s not installed and enabled by default, but it’s officially supported and offered in Ubuntu’s software repositories. Read This Article → How to Use System Restore in Windows 7, 8, and 10 System Restore is a Windows feature that can help fix certain types of crashes and other computer problems. Here’s how it works, how to set it up, and how to use it when things go awry. Read This Article → Advertisement Download 10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings Like everyone, appearing smart during meetings is my top priority. Sometimes this can be difficult if you start daydreaming about your next vacation, your next nap, or bacon. When this happens, it's good to have some fallback tricks to fall back on. Here are my ten favorite tricks for quickly appearing smart during meetings. Click here to download