{"id":8845,"date":"2021-02-04T16:07:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T21:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?page_id=8845"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:00:07","slug":"tech-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/tech-support\/tech-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold 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noreferrer\">secure passwords<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protecting your <a href=\"http:\/\/lists.carleton.ca\/t\/25880\/130689\/2307\/33\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mobile devices<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staying <a href=\"http:\/\/lists.carleton.ca\/t\/25880\/130689\/2287\/34\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">safe on social media<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/its\/2023\/holiday-tech-tips-from-information-technology-services\/\">Holiday Tech Tips from Information Technology Services<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some Tech Tips that you may find useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                              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