Gioacchino Gammino, a member of the Italian mafia who escaped from prison in 2002, was found by Google Street View. Italian police, who had already traced him to spain, suspected they had found their man when they spotted a grey-haired man outside a grocery shop near Madrid. The store was named El Huerto de Manu (Manu's Garden), and nearby they found a restaurant called La Cocina de Manu (Manu's Kitchen). One of the specialities was Cena Siciliana (Sicilian Supper). The restaurant had been closed for some time, but a photo on its Facebook page showed him working as a chef. The police recognised him from a distinctive scar on his chin. He was baffled how he was found; he had not even phoned his family for ten years. He is now serving a life sentence.
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See 3 comments...Depending on the web browser and search engine you use, and the way the browser is set up, It may record every site you visit, and even your passwords. To be completely anonymous when surfing the web, you can use a browser that doesn't track you, or reveal your location. A search engine that does not track you is DuckDuckGo, and a browser that does not reveal your location is Epic Privacy Browser. The Epic browser can be installed here: https://bit.ly/3rnEk3x You can install DuckDuckGo here: https://bit.ly/3KezxtY
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I.T. Non-Techie help, information and tips Staying anonymous - Part 5 - Posting your photograph/personal informationSee 6 comments...Never post your photograph on a publically viewable website, as this may enable someone to find out personal information about you. It can also be used by someone as their photograph, for malevolent purposes*. If you need to give your phone number/address, only give this in a PM, but even this could be misused. * https://bit.ly/336eiKe
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I.T. Non-Techie help, information and tips Staying anonymous - Part 4 - Concealing your phone numberSee 3 comments...For various reasons, you may want to conceal your phone number. For a single call, on a mobile or landline, dial 141 before the number. If you wish to hide your number on all calls on an Android phone, in the phone app, go to the three-dot menu, then settings/call settings (maybe called calls/supplementary services/call accounts), then select Additional settings (on some phones you may need to select your network) and choose 'Hide number'. On an iPhone, open settings, choose phone, then untick 'Show my caller ID.
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See 2 comments...When registering on a website, you will have to provide an email address, which they may use to send you an activation email. If you do not want to reveal your email address, which may result in receiving unwanted messages/spam, and you do not have a spare address for that purpose, there are many services providing temporary email services. One of the simplest is Guerilla Mail. This will give you an instant free fake email address, which you can use to receive and send messages. Click the WTF? button for operating instructions. Practice using it by sending yourself an email. https://bit.ly/3HLp5bj
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I.T. Non-Techie help, information and tips Staying anonymous - Part 2 - Receiving text verification codesSee 1 comment...A website may need a mobile phone number to send you a verification code by text message. To avoid giving your mobile number, you can obtain a temporary mobile number from the site below. The opening page explains how to use it: https://bit.ly/3f4sB4p
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I.T. Non-Techie help, information and tips Staying anonymous online - Part 1 - Providing a fake phone number (Edited)See 6 comments...When signing up on a website, completion of the phone number field may be compulsory. There are valid reasons to request this, for a delivery etc., but if you do not wish to give your number, then you can use a UK phone number generator. This uses Ofcom's database of telephone numbers for use in TV and radio drama programmes: https://bit.ly/3mReX91 Part 2 will be free phone numbers to receive activation texts.
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I.T. Non-Techie help, information and tips Windows 10 - Links to Windows built-in cleaning and repair programsThere is no need for the average user to resort to downloading programs to clean or repair their computer. Here are links to Windows built-in tools: https://www.scooploop.com/thread/windows-10-links-to-built-in-tools-posts
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Post from Anything loop. Be sure to listen to the programme, and register for the Land Registry alert service: https://www.scooploop.com/thread/beware-frauds-who-may-try-to-sell-your-house
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See 7 comments...13 apps containing Joker malware were discovered in the Google Play Store. They have been removed from the store, but you should check to see if you have installed them. Follow the link to Twitter below (you don't have to have an account at Twitter), scroll down to look for each #Joker. https://bit.ly/3pMovml
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I.T. Non-Techie help, information and tips BBC iPlayer - more than 1000 boxsets will be available over xmasSee 1 comment...More than 1000 boxsets will be available over Xmas. They will include every series. https://bbc.in/3DRGyMK
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See 1 comment...https://bit.ly/3pIaYfA
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The Granada Tooting, the only Grade I listed cinema from the 1930s in the UK, thanks in no small part to the grand exterior, but mainly the eye wateringly astonishing interior. https://bit.ly/3pBD5wU
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See 8 comments...There is an unresolved bug in Win 10, which has carried on to Win 11. This continuously creates temporary empty folders, which on one of my computers numbered 13,000. Temporary files and folders can take up very little room, and do no harm, but increase the time that scans take. The names of these folders start with tw, and end with .tmp. To find and delete these folders, copy the text below, and paste it into the Windows search box on the taskbar. Then click 'Best match', or the entry at the top. You may then see the files as in the attached image. You can then select all of them to delete. C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local
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See 1 comment...Chrome will now be supported until January 2023.Internet Explorer support will end in June 2022.Edge support will end in January 2023.
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Starting with this November feature update, Win 10 will now have only one per year. Until now there have been two per year. Normal updates will continue as usual.
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Product/utility or service recommendations. Money saving tips. Track Amazon prices using CamelCamelCamelSee 1 comment...Check if that Amazon offer is really a bargain at CamelCamelCamel. See a chart of its recent price fluctuations, by pasting the Amazon address of the item you are interested in. You can also keep track of the price of something you are interested in. Create an account At uk.CamelCamelCamel.com
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If you use your computer to buy presents, then any family members or visitors using your computer may see what you have been looking at, or buying. To avoid this, browse without leaving signs, by using the private/incognito feature of your browser, as below: Firefox - open menu - New private menu. Chrome - open menu - New incognito window. Edge - open menu - New InPrivate window
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See 1 comment...Support for OneDrive will cease on 1st January 2022, and from 1st March 2022, files will no longer sync between OneDrive and your computer.
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See 1 comment...Commuters from Tooting could be facing disruption on the Northern Line this weekend as plans for strikes are still on. https://tooting.nub.news/n/tooting-northern-line-set-to-be-affected-as-part-of-london-underground-strikes-this-weekend
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Morning all. We have lost some of the few knowledgeable helpers we had. As mentioned before, please remember to thank members and acknowledge their help; please don't post and disappear. Please note the posting guidelines: https://www.scooploop.com/thread/posting-guidelines-please-read-before-posting-2
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See 5 comments...Available in W H Smiths in a choice of colours. Keep it next to the keyboard for easy access by children/visitors/tradespersons, or for a burglar to take at the same time as your computer. Why not get another copy to take out with you to lose, or get stolen.
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See 1 comment...If there is something that you want to keep up to date with on the Web, instead of googling for the latest information, you can set up Google email alerts. https://www.google.co.uk/alerts#
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There are 4 loops for Southend; currently you will find most members here: https://www.scooploop.com/loops/southend
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There are 4 loops for Southend; currently you will find most members here: https://www.scooploop.com/loops/southend
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There are 4 loops for Southend; currently you will find most members here: https://www.scooploop.com/loops/southend
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See 1 comment...https://www.visitsouthend.co.uk/guide/fireworks/
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From Public Notices loop. https://bit.ly/3FJ9mZ8
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Post anything that you think will be of interest, or be helpful to your neighbours. Click here to see your closest neighbours: https://www.scooploop.com/local/closest-neighbours Scooploop - Your Community and Networking Site
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Post anything that you think will be of interest, or be helpful to your neighbours. Click here to see your closest neighbours: https://www.scooploop.com/local/closest-neighbours
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Welcome to this loop if you are a new member, and hello if you are an existing member*. There is much to see on Scooploop, so take the time to look around. The loops cover a wide range of interests, here is a link to all of them: https://www.scooploop.com/loops/?tab=all You will see in the top right of each loop's image whether it is open or private. You can read the contents of open loops, but you cannot comment. To comment you have to join the loop by clicking on the join button. Whether you can join a loop or not may depend on the moderator, so you may join immediately, or have to wait for acceptance. Be aware that some loops may have a reason to not accept new members. *If you have been a member for some time, have a look around and you will see that there is much that is new.
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Welcome to this loop if you are a new member, and hello if you are an existing member*. There is much to see on Scooploop, so take the time to look around. The loops cover a wide range of interests, here is a link to all of them: https://www.scooploop.com/loops/?tab=all You will see in the top right of each loop's image whether it is open or private. You can read the contents of open loops, but you cannot comment. To comment you have to join the loop by clicking on the join button. Whether you can join a loop or not may depend on the moderator, so you may join immediately, or have to wait for acceptance. Be aware that some loops may have a reason to not accept new members. *If you have been a member for some time, have a look around and you will see that there is much that is new.
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See 1 comment...If you ever have doubts about a website address, go to Virustotal.com , select URL, and enter the address in the search box. It will then be scanned by many virus checkers.
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