Page 13 - How to be Cyber Safe + Savvy

WE LOVE OUR DEVICES — MOST OF THE TIME
1. NEW FEATURES ARE GREAT, ONCE YOU LEARN THEM.
Phones, tablets, and computers can do more and more things all the time. Keeping up with all these changes is a constant learning process, but the payoffs can really make life easier!
2. KEEP TRYING, YOU'LL GET IT.
Sometimes even seeing and using the buttons and controls on a device is challenging. But you can change the device settings to make things easier — see page 26 for more.
3. CONNECTIONS CAN BE ANNOYING, BUT THEY WORK MOST OF THE TIME.
“Can you hear me now?” It’s no accident that Verizon, AT&T, and T- Mobile still make network reliability a central plank of their advertising. Because not one of them is com- pletely reliable. And wired internet
connections work best and most affordably in population centers, which is unfortunate for much of rural America. If you're having trouble con- necting, try turning off your
device and then restarting it. Sometimes this simple act is the most effective!
4. GET HELP
IF YOU NEED IT.
Using a smartphone
is different from using
a laptop or an Alexa—let alone making a home Wi-Fi network run properly, which can stump even the electrical
engineers
among us.
But you
can get
professional tech support even at home — just search Google for “home tech support near me” to find a ser- vice in your area.
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