Technology: Tricks of the trade
Awhile back, I got a call on my landline phone from a pleasant-sounding fellow who claimed to be from Microsoft. He said that a problem with my computer had been detected over the internet and it was urgent that I let him fix it.
“Thanks, that is so nice of you,” I said. “What should I do? ”
He told me to go to my computer and click on my Google icon.
“Click on my what?”
“Your Google symbol. Do you see the Google symbol?”
“Uh, no, I don’t.”
“What do you see?”
“I see a picture of my wife and my kids and my dog and my cat,” I said.
“I need you to click on your Google symbol.”
“I don’t see it…
