How To Detect/Differentiate A Real/Fake Facebook Account

Okay, good morning peeps. Today's article was inspired by an inquisitive colleague of mine who is very keen on protecting himself from potential online fraudsters and whom fears the integrity of his personal data on social network. We were having lunch at the Senior Staff Cafeteria when he popped the discussion and after several dabbling here and there, he passed his phone to me showing a friend request he just got from a beautiful supposed Brazilian lady. This colleague has never traveled to the Southern Americas before and there wasn't any mutual relationship between him, his friend list and the supposed Brazilian lady (i.e. he wasn't sharing any mutual friend with this lady) so he was very concerned as to how the lady got to know him so, he couldn't comprehend the link that warranted the friend request. Thus he asked me "how do I detect/differentiate a real from fake Facebook account"? That was when I took to explaining the different available techniques with which he could do that.
Here, I'll begin a series of lectures on just how to do that and I'll do that in one technique per post.
I'll start with the easiest technique. It is a very simple one that uses the profile picture of the account and doing the usual google search. Do not be worried, I promise you it's an easy one. The steps are as outlined below;
1. Go to the face book account you are suspecting,
2. Right click on the profile picture to release a drop down menu,
3. Select " Copy Image Link" or "Copy Image Location/Link" (depending on your browser),
4. Open another tab in your browser,
5. Open google search and paste the copied link,
6. Then press enter, go or search (again, depending on your device) then wait for the results.
You'll see results of the different sites that the image has been used on and if the first 5 results does not have at least 3 that bears semblance or same name and image as the account you are suspecting then that account is fake/fraudulent.
I have attached some image results I googled to this blog to enable your comprehension of the above technique so, thank me by sharing this post link across your family, friends, loved ones and colleague and... Dont forget to hit the like button and leave me your comments and enquiries. I'm sure there are a couple of articles like this one on the internet so, feel free to ask Google (the Oga at the Top). ☺

How To Detect/Differentiate A Real/Fake Facebook Account.

Okay, good morning peeps. Today's article was inspired by an inquisitive colleague of mine who is very keen on protecting himself from potential online fraudsters and whom fears the integrity of his personal data on social network. We were having lunch at the Senior Staff Cafeteria when he popped the discussion and after several dabbling here and there, he passed his phone to me showing a friend request he just got from a beautiful supposed Brazilian lady. This colleague has never traveled to the Southern Americas before and there wasn't any mutual relationship between him, his friend list and the supposed Brazilian lady (i.e. he wasn't sharing any mutual friend with this lady) so he was very concerned as to how the lady got to know him so, he couldn't comprehend the link that warranted the friend request. Thus he asked me "how do I detect/differentiate a real from fake Facebook account"? That was when I took to explaining the different available techniques with which he could do that.
Here, I'll begin a series of lectures on just how to do that and I'll do that in one technique per post.
I'll start with the easiest technique. It is a very simple one that uses the profile picture of the account and doing the usual google search. Do not be worried, I promise you it's an easy one. The steps are as outlined below;
1. Go to the face book account you are suspecting,
2. Right click on the profile picture to release a drop down menu,
3. Select " Copy Image Link" or "Copy Image Location/Link" (depending on your browser),
4. Open another tab in your browser,
5. Open google search and paste the copied link,
6. Then press enter, go or search (again, depending on your device) then wait for the results.
You'll see results of the different sites that the image has been used on and if the first 5 results does not have at least 3 that bears semblance or same name and image as the account you are suspecting then that account is fake/fraudulent.
I have attached some image results I googled to this blog to enable your comprehension of the above technique so, thank me by sharing this post link across your family, friends, loved ones and colleague and... Dont forget to hit the like button and leave me your comments and enquiries. I'm sure there are a couple of articles like this one on the internet so, feel free to ask Google (the Oga at the Top). ☺

How to Differentiate/Distinguish Original from Fake USB Cable.

Well, the nature of my job as an IT Specialist and a Researcher, takes me from place to place every now and then and in most of my journey I come across folks complaining about how USB cables don't seem to work like those ones that were first shipped into Nigeria when the rave of smart devices just hit this region of the world. This has always given me reasons for concern most especially since, family and friends are amongst those whom are not considered as "Tech-Heads" and considering also the fact that fake USB cables and chargers can spoil/destroy your device battery and in some cases, your entire device thus, I got prompted to pen this down so as to create, at least, a reasonable sense of awareness.
There is a certain feature that one can look out for when buying one of these USB cables if one expects to get the best value for your money and/or make your battery life and device last longer for maximum utility.
When buying one of these USB cables from any tech store, you should look out for the colour of the metallic in between the two openings at the tip of the USB cable that goes into the charger. If the cable (or wire, depending on the one you understand the most) is not golden in colour but silver then, it's not an original one. This is because, copper that conducts the electricity between your power source and your device is usually golden in colour, not silver, does enabling proper conductivity of electric voltage. The ones with silver colour cable in between the two slots are made from aluminium and this is a poor conductor of electricity when compared to copper. This is as depicted in the picture shown below. Now, I believe you have the perfect check on which is, and is not, an original USB cable.



How To Download from Youtube

Okay! A lot of friends and followers have been sending me messages and requests asking me to do a tutorial on how to download from YouTube that's why I had to pen this down. Firstly, YouTube protects user rights by ensuring you don't just download videos off their site without proper rights permission. But, like every programmer knows, there's always a backdoor to any online resource.
Firstly, there are softwares and apps that allow you download directly from YouTube (available here https://goo.gl/08Eng2) but the working principle is still the same.
Secondly, using your browser (Mozilla Firefox in the case of mine) allows you the installation of an ad on that displays a download link directly on the YouTube video page you want to download. But, some of these softwares and apps may take up space on your device and most of them force you to view interrupting and unnecessary adverts. So, am going to show you how to download directly from your YouTube on your browser.
The first method is as enumerated below:
1. Go to your browser and type www.youtube.com
2. Search for the video you want to download
3. Click on the video and wait for it to load
4. Allow it to load then pause the video
5. Go to the address bar on your browser and you'll see something like this www.youtube.com/?/#watch/Vq3AhQng4Z
6. Now add ss before the youtube on that link (like this www.ssyoutube.com/?/#watch/Vq3AhQng4Z)
7. Delete everything between the com/ and watch (like this www.ssyoutube.com/watch/Vq3AhQng4Z)
8. The click enter or go (as it applies to your browser)
It will then take you to a page that will enable you download directly, in the format of your choice, the video you want to download.
Also, you could still download via this method by performing step 1 to 5, then step 7 but without the "ss", copy the link, go to www.savefrom.net, paste the copied URL/link in their search bar and click download.
About the ad on, click your browser settings tab, click add ad on, search for savefrom.net then install the ad on. After downloading and installing the ad on, every time you open YouTube on your browser a download option button is displayed on any video you click on YouTube.
Now, you can download your favourite videos from YouTube directly.
Thank me later by sharing the link to this blog with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, BBM and every other social network you belong to. After all, it's a free world.