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Expert Reveals the Top Social Media Scams of 2023 and How to Avoid Them

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Lock Down Your Privacy Settings. To protect your privacy, set your account to “private” so only followers you approve can see your posts, make comments, and send you direct messages. Only Buy From Verified Profiles And Brand Accounts. How to Avoid Scams on Social Media.

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Using a secure VPN is not just about bypassing Internet restrictions; online privacy is another major issue. Here are all the benefits you get by using a trustworthy VPN: Data privacy as a result of data transfer through encrypted tunnels. The most important job of a VPN company is to ensure users’ privacy at all times.

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Social Media News Ticker: Twitter Launches New Profile Design and Buys Android App Cover

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Facebook tests new privacy tweaks – Facebook is in the process of rolling out “slight tweaks” to its privacy settings, including updates to the drop-down menu that lets users choose who can see each post, and short privacy surveys to learn what features users aren’t comfortable with (re/code).

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Scaling Your Business: How to Grow Your E-Commerce Sales

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Featuring the padlock icon in the browser window (Buy an SSL certificate). Adding a privacy policy. The above trust signals could immediately establish your website’s credibility and increase the likelihood of a visitor buying your products. Providing a third-party payment gateway (e.g. PayPal and Apple Pay). Launch an App.

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43% of US Broadband Households Plan to Purchase a Smart Home Device in 2019

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“Forty-three percent of US broadband households plan to buy a smart home product in 2019, but many markets have struggled to transform this interest into actual sales, specifically among new buyers,” said Elizabeth Parks , President, Parks Associates. Privacy and Security: Protecting Consumers.

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Tech Predictions for 2023

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Improving existing payment infrastructure will mean adopting low-risk, high-value products like one-click purchasing, Apple Pay and Buy Now, Pay Later tools. By storing a users’ credentials directly within the wallet rather than on discrete servers and by using public key encryption, web3 wallets enhance security and privacy.

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Social Media News Ticker: Crowdfunding Coming To YouTube Soon

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Facebook changes default privacy settings for new users to friends-only – for new users signing up to Facebook, default posting status is now set to friends only; previously, the default was global (Inside Facebook). Social Media News Ticker: Foursquare Launches Swarm, YouTube Reportedy Buying Twitch.

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