{"id":98354,"date":"2026-02-21T16:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=98354"},"modified":"2026-02-21T16:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:15:01","slug":"technology-tip-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?p=98354","title":{"rendered":"Technology Tip"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here’s a discouraging word! As technology advances (including AI), everyone benefits \u2014 including the bad guys!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay vigilant with the messages you receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the bad guys discover new technology, spam emails and text messages are on the increase. Think twice before hitting “unsubscribe.” Unless the email is from a legitimate organization (think commonly known names and national companies), do NOT “unsubscribe” by clicking the link in the email. If you “unsubscribe,” not only will most spammers not honor it, but they will also have confirmation that your email address is working. That makes it very saleable to other spammers. Using the “unsubscribe” link may actually increase the amount of spam emails you receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best way to handle spam email is to use that handy-dandy delete button and not let it bother you. Don’t waste your time and energy! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a discouraging word! As technology advances (including AI), everyone benefits \u2014 including the bad guys! Stay vigilant with the messages you receive. As the bad guys discover new technology, spam emails and text messages are on the increase. Think twice before hitting “unsubscribe.” Unless the email is from a legitimate organization (think commonly known … Continue reading “Technology Tip”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[101,218],"tags":[737,738],"post_folder":[696,372],"class_list":["post-98354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quick-tips","category-resources-for-granges-and-grangers","tag-spam-email","tag-technology-tip"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"post-thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Walter Boomsma","author_link":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/?author=2122"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Here’s a discouraging word! As technology advances (including AI), everyone benefits \u2014 including the bad guys! Stay vigilant with the messages you receive. As the bad guys discover new technology, spam emails and text messages are on the increase. Think twice before hitting “unsubscribe.” Unless the email is from a legitimate organization (think commonly known…","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1arC1-pAm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98355,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98354\/revisions\/98355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98354"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainestategrange.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_folder&post=98354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}