{"id":31955,"date":"2021-09-23T22:28:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T20:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ebas.ch\/?p=31955"},"modified":"2021-09-23T22:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T20:28:09","slug":"have-you-got-your-settings-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebas.ch\/en\/2021\/09\/have-you-got-your-settings-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you got your settings right?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"av_section_1\" class=\"avia-section av-3osj-8edf3c5c57d6f444e32a620ab19c7a5a main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize\"><div class=\"container av-section-cont-open\"><main role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\" class=\"template-page content  av-content-full alpha units\"><div class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-31955\"><div class=\"entry-content-wrapper clearfix\">\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-r558jo-89bffe74bde1859469f9c51b48bb8cd8\">\n.flex_column.av-r558jo-89bffe74bde1859469f9c51b48bb8cd8{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flex_column av-r558jo-89bffe74bde1859469f9c51b48bb8cd8 av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  \"><section class=\"av_textblock_section av-kj04vgvy-43731461a18eff54273af8c1cc983ae3 \" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\"><div class=\"avia_textblock\" itemprop=\"text\"><p><strong>Operating systems, programs, apps and social media &ndash; they all offer myriads of setting options which seem to increase with just about every <span class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Update&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;program actualisation which often also repairs bugs in software. Most updates are offered free-of-charge for download by software manufacturers on their website, or distributed automatically.&lt;\/div&gt;\n\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>update<\/span>. Don&rsquo;t get lost in the settings jungle.<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No matter whether Windows 10, Google Chrome, Facebook or Instagram is involved: As far as finding the &ldquo;right&rdquo; settings is concerned, it is easy to get completely lost in the immense range of options. Small wonder, since every <span class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Update&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;program actualisation which often also repairs bugs in software. Most updates are offered free-of-charge for download by software manufacturers on their website, or distributed automatically.&lt;\/div&gt;\n\"  data-mobile-support=\"0\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex='0' role='link'>update<\/span> comes with additional options. Users however are often quite unaware of any new features, since most programs and websites automatically make a preset choice for them.<\/p>\n<p>If you open an option menu for yourself, you are often confronted by an overwhelming choice of setting options. And probably find that those preset default values are not exactly the optimum ones. It is often highly advisable to make adjustments, mainly for security and data protection reasons.<\/p>\n<p>So that you don&rsquo;t get completely lost and can no longer see the forest for all those trees in this settings jungle, our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebas.ch\/infosheets\">instructions<\/a> provide you with specific recommendations for topics such as Windows and browsers plus social media like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operating systems, programs, apps and social media \u2013 they all offer myriads of setting options which seem to increase with just about every update. 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