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LG TV AS A MONITOR / DISPLAY

If you just setup your LG TV as a monitor, you will notice the edges are cut off. Here is how to fix it

Use the LG TV Remote

Select Settings button on the Remote

Select ALL Settings

Click Picture

Click Aspect Ration Settings

Set JUST SCAN to On

Now it will work fine!

DELETE ALL PASSWORDS IN FIREFOX LOCKWISE

Here is the quick how-to for deleting all your passwords, stored in Firefox

Open Firefox

Copy and Paste the following into the Address Bar
chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xhtml

Press Enter

Click OK

All of your passwords have been deleted

Thanks for reading!

GOOGLE SEARCH ALTERNATIVE

Love the efficiency of Google searches, and still want to maintain your own privacy….Well here is the way.

Change your homepage to
https://startpage.com

StartPage, pays google for the use of their search algorithms…yet they don’t track you, so you can maintain your privacy…How do they make money? Through their own advertising streams…

Direct from the StartPage website:
Zero saving, sharing, or selling your search data
No third party trackers or cookies like other search engines
Un-profiled search results
Browse other sites in complete privacy with Anonymous View


So there you have it. Google results without all they spying…

PREVENT SIRI FROM DATA MINING APPS ON YOUR IPAD / IPHONE

This is the continuation of a series of articles, that help you divorce your life from BIG TECH. With the recent events in American Politics, the need for these guides has become apparent. I hope this guide assists in your journey to protect yourself.

Each and every time you download an app to your iPad or your iPhone, Siri jumps in and attempts to mine data about you, your behaviors, and they send this data back to BIG TECH…. Here is how to protect yourself from it

After downloading an application onto your iPad or your iPhone
From the device’s “Desktop”
Open the Settings App
Scroll down to the Application section where the recently installed application shows up
Click on the Application
Select Siri & Search from the menu on the Right
In this sub menu, deselect (Change from Green to Grey) each item
Learn from this App
Show Suggestions from APP
Suggest App
Show App in Search
Show Content in Search


You will also have to do this for every single app that was installed prior. I also suggest after every major update, you double check to ensure your settings have not been changed