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'JUICE JACKING" NOT JUST FOR BODYBUILDERS ANY MORE! A dead or dying phone or laptop is enough to send anybody on a mad dash to find a way to charge the device, but you might want to think twice before using that random cable found at an airport charging station or docking into that hotel USB port hackers could be waiting. A free "charge" could drain your bank account! HOW TO STOP IT Use an AC power outlet, not a USB charging station.... Take AC and car chargers for your devices when traveling. Consider buying a portable charger for emergencies. NYT on juice jacking: https://www.nytimes.com//p/usb-warning-juice-jacking.html Local Example: http://da.lacounty.gov//juice-jacking-criminals-use-public

The NYT documents how we are all being tracked like animals using our cell phones. https://www.nytimes.com//opinion/location-tracking-cell-ph

This is Don Myers of https://wehocomputerrepair.com This month’s message has good news (for the wealthy) and bad news for every cell phone user. BAD NEWS ON ROBOCALLS The bad news is annoying, illegal spam robocalls have exploded in just the last month! And they were already double the number as in 2018. They cost spammers a penny for a million calls but the damage they do can’t be calculated. Who can put a price on peace of mind? For every legal robocall telling kids t...hey don’t have to go to school due to snow there is an illegal one. 200,000,000 per day 30% of U.S. calls. It is getting harder for phone spammers to reach their targets so, have they given up? No they doubled-down and are now vastly increasing the number of robocalls in order to compensate! I got a new phone (only $200) and that has helped me deal with a lot of those Indian calls centers wanting to write websites for me. But it is still a constant annoyance that makes it hard to do biz and communicate with customers at a time everyone is switching to cell phones. HOUSE AND SENATE AGREE: We hate robocalls latest news - https://techcrunch.com//the-house-and-senate-finally-agre/ GOV NEWSOME SIGNS ROBOCALL BILL: - latest news CA is trying to stop spoofing (calling from a false phone no) - https://sd40.senate.ca.gov//20191002-governor-newsom-signs MOST COMMON SCAM AS OF NOV: https://wwjnewsradio.radio.com//most-common-robocall-scam- GOOD NEWS FOR THE WEALTHY ADDICTED TO APPLE LAPTOPS I’ve made no secret I hate fixing Apple laptops as they are made not to be fixed. I reco Windows desktops and laptops and Apple phones and tablets. Nevertheless my clients have been willing to waste money for the past five years on laptops with bad butterfly keyboards, defective video cables, not enough ports and massive costs. I’ve said Don’t buy an Apple laptop until they fix the keyboards. Basically, they were designing laptops to be thin, not useful. Well Apple has finally fixed the keyboards! Their new 16 Macbook Pro has reverted to the previous style keyboard where the buttons actually go down. Can you imagine a keyboard where the keys don’t move? Apple did and it failed! It also has a bigger screen, bigger touchpad, bigger sound and BIGGEST PRICE! $2,400 is an awful lot for a laptop with no touch screen, a useless touchbar and no type a USB slots. NEW LAPTOP REVIEW: https://www.pcmag.com/revi/371997/apple-macbook-pro-16-inch But if you are a graphics/video editor or a music editor or have money to burn this is the computer for you! Especially since you should be doing those things on a desktop and Apple doesn’t really offer those. For $2,400 starters this better be a great laptop and is it, for rich people who never drop things. Those people don’t exist! For more tech tips go to my website blog: https://wehocomputerrepair.com/blog_posts_main.htm

This is Don Myers of https://wehocomputerrepair.com with an update. Windows 7 is very popular but about to die. It is reaching "end of life." Users have LESS THAN 90 DAYS to upgrade before all updates, bug fixes and security fixes are stopped. Fortunately I can explain how to get Windows 10 almost free. Just check here: https://wehocomputerrepair.com/win_7_end_of_life.htm

SOMETHING VERY STRANGE IS GOING ON WITH MAC COMPUTERS AND AVID SOFTWARE https://variety.com//avid-mac-pro-corrupted-hollywood-12/

NEW YORK TIMES WRITER FINDS OUT HOW MUCH THEY ARE FOLLOWED JUST BY VISITING 47 WEBSITES You are being watched all the time on the net as this article shows.! https://www.nytimes.com//data-internet-privacy-tracking.ht

https://www.nytimes.com//i-shared-my-phone-number-i-learne New York Times reporter finds out his cell phone number is even more valuable than his social security number when it comes to being spied on! More tech tips available at my blog https://wehocomputerrepair.com/blog_posts_main.htm

APPLE RUINING THINGS FOR THIRD PARTY REPAIR COMPANIES AGAIN! Apple has decided to modify their Iphones so that if you don't have the original "official" battery in your phone the battery will be marked "broken." You cannot even put in an identical Apple battery from an identical Iphone. What they are really doing is making phone consumers doubt the quality of non-Apple Store battery replacements. Just another way to lock consumers into their ecosystem and FORCE them to go to ...the Apple store. For more on this story go here: https://arstechnica.com//apple-locks-new-iphone-batteries/ And for more on how Apple abuses its religiously adoring fans go here: https://wehocomputerrepair.com/apple_computer_uses_its_cust

https://arstechnica.com//apple-locks-new-iphone-batteries/ Repairing Apple products is becoming a fools errand!

RANSOMWARE ON THE MARCH Keeping Your Data Safe Hints: https://wehocomputerrepair.com/protecting_your_information. Organizations are getting hit hard by "ransomware" that encrypts your data files and makes you pay to get a key to unlock them. Baltimore, Georgia and a power co. in South Africa are just the most recent examples. Louisiana declared a state of emergency when their schools were attacked. Baltimore is spending $10,000,000 to recover from the month long attack it ...endured. Make sure you have a functioning virus checker AND your computer is updated to the latest patches. On ransomware: https://arstechnica.com//cybersecurity-officials-warn-sta/ I got caught the hack of Capital One. They lost a huge amount of data. About 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 linked bank account . And for Canadian credit card customers and applicants, 1 million Social Insurance Numbers. Capital One said, however, that no credit card account numbers or login credentials were revealed. They claim they will contact me if my info was stolen. But will they? MORE ON BREACH: https://www.cnet.com//capital-one-data-breach-what-you-ca/ Their data was stored on Amazon tech. The hacker was a woman who formerly worked for Amazon. Female hackers are rare. She is transgender: https://www.lgbtqnation.com//alleged-capital-one-hacker-su

https://wehocomputerrepair.com/disappearing_on_off_button.h The mystery of the disappearing on/off button! Can't find out how to turn on your Playstation 4, Apple computer or Sony TV? Don't blame yourself its a SCAM perpetrated by hardware makers. Find out more at my blog at https://wehocomputerrepair.com/blog_posts_main.htm

The city of Weho is sponsoring a recycling event on July 27 near Cedars Sinai. They can also safely destroy your data disks and confidential papers. Plus, the recycling firm benefits people who were once in street gains giving them a legit job. For more go to https://wehocomputerrepair.com

I'm Don Myers of https://wehocomputerrepair.com. In less than 200 days Windows 7 will no longer be updated. It was super-popular so now is the time to upgrade before the Holiday Rush. Windows 10 is FREE as long as you don't want to change the desktop background. That is a DEAL. Why? Because Microsoft ruined their brand with the previous version of windows, Win 8.