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digitpatroxOctober 19, 2024
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Best smart door lock you can buy

A smart lock is an easy solution to some common problems. Locked yourself out? Need to let a friend in to water the plants? Your latchkey kid lost their key? Hands are full, and it’s raining cats and dogs? A smart lock solves all of these problems and more. One of the best smart home upgrades you can make, a…
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digitpatroxOctober 15, 2024
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TrickMo malware steals Android PINs using fake lock screen

Forty new variants of the TrickMo Android banking trojan have been identified in the wild, linked to 16 droppers and 22 distinct command and control (C2) infrastructures, with new features designed to steal Android PINs. This is being reported by Zimperium, following an earlier report by Cleafy that looked into some, but not all variants currently in circulation. TrickMo was…
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digitpatroxOctober 14, 2024
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7 Reasons a Smart Lock Could Be One of Your Smartest Decisions

Key Takeaways Smart locks offer features like automatic locking and unlocking, remote access, and notifications for added convenience and security. They ensure you never get locked out by providing multiple ways to get in, and commonly even come with a physical key backup system. Smart locks can trigger welcome-home automations and grant temporary access to visitors. A smart lock makes…
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digitpatroxOctober 11, 2024
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How to lock any app with Face ID on an iPhone using iOS 18

Having to hand your iPhone over to someone can be a fairly common occurrence. Maybe your little nephew wants to play a game or your friend wants to check out the photos from your last vacation. Whatever the reason, no matter how much you trust that person, there are probably parts of your phone that you’d rather they didn’t see…
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digitpatroxOctober 9, 2024
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How to lock, sign out, or switch users on Windows 11 (2024)

To sign out on Windows 11, open “Start,” click the account manager menu, and click the “Sign out” option T To switch users, open “Start,” click the account manager menu, open the “More options” menu in the top-right, and choose the users you want to switch to. To lock the computer, open “Start,” click the “Power” menu, and choose the “Lock”…
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digitpatroxOctober 4, 2024
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Blue Lock Season 2 Release Date and Time (Countdown Timer)

Grab your boots as it’s almost time to reenter the field, but this time on a much grander stage. The wait finally ends, as Blue Lock is back for a second season. What we witnessed in Season 1 was, well, nothing compared to what awaits us in this season. Blue Lock Season 2 will adapt the Blue Lock U-20 Arc,…
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digitpatroxSeptember 28, 2024
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How to Lock Your Facebook Profile

One way to limit people’s access to your Facebook profile is to lock your profile. Doing so severely limits what’s visible to the public on your profile. We’ll show you how to do that on Facebook on desktop and mobile. What Happens When You Lock Your Facebook Profile? When you lock your profile, only your Facebook friends can see the…
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digitpatroxSeptember 25, 2024
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How to Lock Your Ecobee Thermostat with a PIN Code

If you have kids in the house and are strict about the thermostat, you can lock down your Ecobee with a PIN code so that no one can adjust the temperature except those authorized to do so. With a non-smart thermostat, you’d usually have to get a locked enclosure to put around it as you see in most businesses. But…
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digitpatroxSeptember 17, 2024
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How to disable Lock Screen on Windows 10

To disable the Windows 10 Lock Screen, open Group Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel > Personalization, open “Do not display the Lock Screen,” choose “Enabled,” apply the settings and restart the computer. You can also open the Registry, browse the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows” path, create the “Personalization” key and the “Nolockscreen” DWORD and set the value to…
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digitpatroxSeptember 13, 2024
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The Ultraloq Bolt Mission from U-tec is the first smart lock with UWB

U-tec’s new smart lock will allow your door to unlock automatically as you approach it using ultra wideband (UWB) technology. The auto-unlock features that U-tec and others previously offered used a combination of BLE, Wi-Fi, and GPS, which can be unreliable and slow. The Ultraloq Bolt Mission UWB Plus NFC is the first smart lock to leverage UWB, which promises a simpler, faster,…
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