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Computer Talk: Facebook's Latest Lack of Security (4/6/19) - Part 1

2019/4/6
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Erik and Bob take your questions. New Marvel "Avengers" movie is a three hour bladder buster. Facebook asking people to use e-mail passwords as a second authentication factor shows appalling lack of security. Volkswagen I.D. R hits racetrack in Spain. Students' iPhone scam reportedly takes Apple for $900,000. A listener with a new Mac computer wonders if it should need software updates "out of the box." He also wonders if it is normal for the computer to "freeze" when new, and if the computer needs to be returned. Another caller asks what sort of maintenance needs to be run on computers running Windows 10 and if the disk needs to be proactively checked for errors. A caller asks our opinion about taxes on purchases made on-line. A caller asks for help in reinstalling Windows 10 on an older laptop which originally had Windows 7 installed. A self-employed accountant looks for a solution to connect multiple monitors to his laptop with a port replicator. After fleeing New York, Amazon gets a warmer welcome for its second headquarters in Virginia. A caller looks for a way to save his e-mails and pictures without using the Edge web browser. We give information on how to set Google Chrome the default web browser. We also give information on how to increase the amount of storage space used to save restore points using system restore. A caller tries to troubleshoot why his wireless connection is not working on his desktop computer.