Curing smartphone-loss anxiety disorder
The convenience of a smart phone cannot be denied, and also undeniable is the inconvenience of losing one.
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The convenience of a smart phone cannot be denied, and also undeniable is the inconvenience of losing one.
My friend Sally received an urgent message from her free email provider, Google Gmail, saying she needed to immediately change her password.
Internet users have a really hard time understanding URLs. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the protocol used to specify addresses on the internet. Typically a URL begins with “https://www” and includes a domain name such as “google.com” then can continue for dozens, hundreds, or thousands of characters more.
The good news is that the World Wide Web (www) has not gone away.
The toxic political climate now existing in 2021 has prompted some people to start investigating alternatives to “big tech” and its censorship.
The sensational headline responsible for alarming many read: “Millions of WhatsApp users ABANDON the app and switch to rivals Telegram or Signal ahead of privacy policy update that will force them to share their personal data with Facebook.”
“The sky is falling, the sky is falling!” cried Chicken Little. “The internet is going dark, the internet is going dark!” cries law enforcement and government snoops.