AskWoody Free – 20.46.F – 2023-11-13

ISSUE 20.46.F • 2023-11-13 • Read online • Text Alerts! • Gift Certificates You're reading the FREE newsletter You'll immediately gain access to the longer, better version of the newsletter when you make a donation and become a Plus Member. You'll receive all the articles shown in the table of contents below, plus access to all our premium content for the next 12 months. And you'll have access to our complete newsletter archive! Upgrade to Plus membership today and enjoy all the Plus benefits!   In this issue PUBLIC DEFENDER: The Windows 10/11 Hello PIN works, but change is coming Additional articles in the PLUS issue SOFTWARE: Outlook mobile is an awful app for iPhone or Android LEGAL BRIEF: Over to you, Congress PATCH WATCH: Keeping your devices up to date ADVERTISEMENT VideoProc Converter AI - New Release Offer - Buy Once, Keep it Forever VideoProc Converter AI offers a user-friendly, fast, and cost-effective solution to improve your video and image quality, whether it's for editing, uploading, playing on larger screens, or reliving precious memories. You can enhance low-quality photos, recordings, DVDs, and any footage to 4K with seamless frame rate and intelligent stabilization. Plus, enjoy an all-in-one toolkit for downloading, converting, compressing, editing, & recording videos. Shop VideoProc Converter AI with new-release discount, the budget-friendly consumer-grade AI video/image enhancer, now at its lowest price ever! PUBLIC DEFENDER The Windows 10/11 Hello PIN works, but change is coming By Brian Livingston • Comment about this article A new Microsoft sign-in method — designed to replace today's relatively insecure usernames and passwords — was introduced to Windows 10 in July 2015. The technology is called Windows Hello. It involves your entering a PIN, which can be up to 127 characters long including numbers, letters, and symbols. This PIN is associated with a device of yours: a smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop computer, etc. Once you use your PIN with a Microsoft Account, an Active Directory, or other services that recognize the technique, you never have to enter a username or password on that connection again. ADVERTISEMENT Pricing for teams & businesses | 1Password Review our team pricing and sign up for a Free Trial to get access to password manager, digital vault, password generator, digital wallet, and more. Here are the other stories in this week's Plus Newsletter SOFTWARE Outlook mobile is an awful app for iPhone or Android By Peter Deegan Outlook mobile is pushed relentlessly by Microsoft, giving the impression that it's the best or only way to link with email, calendar, and contacts on mobile devices such as phones. I do not recommend Outlook mobile, mostly because of privacy concerns and the clumsy interface — especially when there are perfectly good apps already on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device. LEGAL BRIEF Over to you, Congress By Max Stul Oppenheimer, Esq. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 was a calculated political decision on the part of Congress. The idea was to grant immunity to the then-fledgling Internet industry in order to enlist its help in fighting the specific problem of obscenity on the Internet. I wrote about this in Legal Brief over two years ago. It's time for an update. PATCH WATCH Keeping your devices up to date By Susan Bradley Are you monitoring your devices? Just the other day, I tried to update an app on my dad's iPad. That didn't work, instead messaging that the device itself needed to be upgraded first. Apparently, the iPad had not been left on continuously long enough for it to get the word from Apple that an update was needed. A simple solution is to connect to power and leave it on for an extended period, such as 24 hours. That should be enough time for the device to be notified about updates. It's not different from Windows PCs in this respect — keep them offline long enough, and they will miss the notification, too. Of course, you can be proactive and check the device every so often to see whether the O/S is current. That's my recommendation. Know anyone who would benefit from this information? Please share! Forward the email and encourage them to sign up via the online form — our public newsletter is free! Enjoying the newsletter? Become a PLUS member and get it all! Don't miss any of our great content about Windows, Microsoft, Office, 365, PCs, hardware, software, privacy, security, safety, useful and safe freeware, important news, analysis, and Susan Bradley's popular and sought-after patch advice. 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