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Comment by paul on Change These Settings to Boost Speed, Security, Privacy (March 4, 2026 02:27 AM)
I have Starlink. I also have a Pi-hole for DNS. So whatever Starlink or any other ISP is using to serve DNS is irrelevant. Pi-hole is serving DNS o...
Comment by Howard on 15 Identity Theft Mistakes to Avoid in 2026 (how many have you made?) (March 3, 2026 09:31 PM)
I have a regular discover credit card, once a month I get an email from them telling ne if they found anything suspicious, after they check the usual ...
Comment by Lucy P on 15 Identity Theft Mistakes to Avoid in 2026 (how many have you made?) (March 3, 2026 07:49 PM)
We recently received new credit cards from our card issuer. They did not advise us they were on the way and our old cards still had 3 years before exp...
Comment by mark smith on 12 Things That Cause Computer Crashes (March 1, 2026 07:27 PM)
Opened a customer system and found a nest of tiny ROACHES. Quickly sealed it in a plastic bag and gave it back to the customer. ...
Comment by John on Big Brother is Tracking You (and how you can fight back) (February 28, 2026 07:40 PM)
You have to get the basics right. Make sure your home is secure, have wifi camera in nd outside your home, install detection beams. However on your r...
Comment by Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. (Ernie) on It’s Been Verified - Your Free Search Just Hit a Paywall (February 26, 2026 10:42 AM)
@Dave! Hrmmm ... Interesting, and confusing! When I try https:mycase.gov, or https://mycase.on.gov, I get a 404 error, reporting that the site cannot...
Comment by Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. on Change These Settings to Boost Speed, Security, Privacy (February 25, 2026 10:55 PM)
In this item you provide IPv4 DNS addresses, but Windows now fully supports IPv6 addressing as well, and you can and should configure both, so here th...
Comment by Ian Stewart on Change These Settings to Boost Speed, Security, Privacy (February 25, 2026 10:19 AM)
For certain sites - e.g. secure cloud storage - it would be good to bypass DNS altogether and just use the numerical IP address. This would be another...
Comment by Renaud OLGIATI on Change These Settings to Boost Speed, Security, Privacy (February 25, 2026 07:58 AM)
For added security and speed gain, invest $35 in a Raspberry Pi, install the PiHole distribution, and give your router its IP Address as primary DSN. ...
Comment by Robert on Change These Settings to Boost Speed, Security, Privacy (February 25, 2026 12:45 AM)
My Pixel 9s' options are "off,Automatic, and Private DNS provider hostname." "Automatic" is already selected. I never selected that. Am I good to go?...
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