A ten-minute app and browser permission review can remove old camera, microphone, location, contact, photo, and file access without breaking the tools you still need.
A quick notification privacy check can stop text codes, email subjects, calendar details, and customer messages from showing on a locked phone or computer.
The July 4, 2026 5 PM technology recap from The IT Guys: SharePoint exploitation, Microsoft 365 password spraying, AI governance, Apple and Microsoft AI changes, and practical weekend IT checks.
A lost phone or laptop is much easier to handle when Find My, Find My Device, Windows Find my device, screen locks, recovery options, and a business response plan are already in place.
A practical daily security tip for homes and small businesses: set Windows PCs, Macs, iPhones, and Android phones to lock automatically after a short idle time, then test that they require sign-in again.
Over the past couple weeks, the recent spamming of incorrect system error messages from Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge has been relentless. We get calls over this every single day now and it is time to finally put an end […]