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Computers and the Internet. You know anything with a chip in it got a chip in it I'll talk about it 8888 ask Leo that's the phone number we were talking before the break about it was you know it's funny I would talk about my friend that went over here who is visiting us what's the name of your company. Barefoot consultants by the way of picking his brain because what he does he helps people. Kind of become digitally nomads just wander the world or go somewhere or live overseas and make a living and survive and I think it's a great secret idea I love it anyway I'm talking to women and I realize that one of the challenges of this show is that people like our last caller have problems but it's hard for them describe it in the detail a sufficient detail for me to completely diagnose it if they could they probably could solve it themselves right that's that's why they need to call the show it's like I don't what's go I don't understand how did that and then but I it's hard for me because I need like I need a little bit more information but I'm still trying to piece this together I am going to put a link in the show notes. To a very good page a.o.l. Security page how to know if your account has been hacked and of course one of them would do you get a message from a.o.l. It says something's going on they do have they do that and g. Mail Google will do that with most providers will let you know something where it's happening but they do mention one of the things and I would definitely look in your sent box or sometimes your draft mailbox look at your mailbox is sent drafts or outbox Well I think look at all 3 and look for mail that you didn't actually create that's being that either is about to be sent or is sent or has been saved as a direct look for mail specifically with that link in it like Ok that would tell you for sure that you've been hacked right because the mail as it's in the house the mail is being created on your computer and sent from your computer that would be a sure sign of something the faeries is going on on the other hand Conversely if you look in those boxes and nothing you haven't sent out any of that kind of mail you're probably Ok I think that thing about well my brother got it and I got it is needing less. I think one of ruled that out the chances are whoever was hacked everybody in their address book got it not just if it was you not just your brother but everybody else you know that's why the best thing to start this place to start is in your email sent out box and drafts look at look in those folders and see if you've been sending out spam like that if you have. You've been hacked There's also the possible it could be hacked in a couple of ways it could be that somebody got your account your password your logon and they're just doing it from their computer usually where me and I were doing that I would make sure to erase whatever's in the sent e-mail box so that may not be dispositive may not tell you anything. If you have though a virus or malware on your system in that case in most cases you would see that mail innocent ones you see other things too or you might see e-mail notices bounce back notices might suddenly see a flood of bounced back notices mail or demon could not deliver this that would be a sign that your e-mail account is address only is being used for spam. It's also the case that if somebody got in there a virus or a bad guy did all of this and then sent the mail that he might have deleted more than just the mail he sent maybe he's quick and sloppy and deleted everything if you're sent boxes completely empty now that's aside sums or on Anyway there's more than this in the in the page very jazzy by the way it looks like Peter Max illustrated it. Is trying to be jazzy but it has some really good tips on the how warning signs of a hacked account I would start there I think that's pretty good this is not uncommon Usually though. When we see spam there's you know an all teary or motive there's a reason somebody goes all this trouble one they want you see an ad or go out to go to a website it's a way of you know just getting your attention or worse it's malware and that clicking that link infects your computer or something but merely sending the same he fell out to a bunch of people that's just if somebody is doing that they're just doing it for fun at your expense sorry they're doing it as they say. And this is how the kids talk for the lolls doctor mum is in the in the house doctor mom Lilian from Long Island good to talk to you again a little how you know I am wonderful and congratulations I don't know if people know this but I can tell you look in the chat room I can see you're very smelt you've done a great job you can get in shape. Yeah but I'll tell you something I hate women who say Oh I think he I forget. Is it no I would kill for a bacon cheeseburger. In a.z. Yeah but you're a physician you know you know what you have to do. Knowing what you have to do and being able to do it are not always the same thing trust me I know that when I know I know and I've read every Dharma Well what can I do for you today William Well I'm calling I'm actually going to correct you hangouts works for text messaging s.m.s. And m.m.s. But only from Google Voice what happened was that Google deprecated the app for your phone number that the carrier gives you right so you can still use it all I can't yes you you can send a message using Google Hangouts to a person or a phone call or act but it is not your s.m.s. App it's like what's app it's a it's a data based messaging app that's what I mean I'm not I don't know look at your fall in the one number that I have of your essential text message it shows up in your text message clients well it for me it does because the number you have is a group of 4 x. Number and it's going up and hangouts but I'm to say I use it all the time so yeah if somebody so this is the question if I sent you to your physical phone number not your Google Voice number your physical phone number a text message you would you could use it would show up and hangouts No I know that's what I'm saying but he said Google Voice didn't work anymore and hangouts it does. You can use cool voice text messages with hangouts right thank you for the correction. That's exactly what is it Larry on the line from Las Vegas Hi Larry Leo Laporte the tech guy Leo a quick question on the 1st Our topic yes or yes. I'm new to using messaging system and I know I call it Philippines quite a bit and then I started using the phone icon and a upper corner to make calls there and I wanted to make sure that I wasn't getting it but check your later on for him oh no no so this is related to Dylan's call there there we were in this kind of strange period now where funk calls and s.m.s. Messages which are over the phone system are slowly being replaced by data and l.t.e. Data so Facebook messenger when it makes a phone call Same with Google Hangouts Skype or any of this doesn't use the telephone system it uses the data system and you're paying for the data if you know if you I don't know how it's whatever you've arranged with your your company you know you if you pay by the byte then you're paying for most people have a unlimited or a big packet of data it comes out of that will never get a bill for the phone call like the old days Ok yeah so messenger when you're using Messenger it's a data only program Ok so I should check with my provider. On those cell phone Yeah I mean if you probably have a plan just look at your plan that allows you a certain amount of data and so forth Ok on calls audio based phone calls don't use very much data you know Ok good thank you sir Oh my pleasure that's one of the reasons you're seeing this kind of explosion of Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger and all these messaging programs Skype too is now that you can not only do text based messaging but you could do audio and video messaging that's fantastic. You know if you're on y. 5 your home doesn't cost you anything at all. Actually Facebook's an interesting message an interesting thing because Google does allow them. To be your s.m.s. Program on your Android phone oddly enough Leo Laporte the. Kitchen remodel coming along I haven't found a reliable contractor and have no idea where to start what about holding. 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System if you are not a Google Voice or Google fi user hangouts no longer does text messaging and if you're doing text messaging as a Google Voice user that text messages coming from your Google Voice number not from your phone number I confused but this is Google Welcome thank you google for really making a hash of al