{"id":1242,"date":"2011-08-29T20:29:25","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T10:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=1242"},"modified":"2011-08-29T20:29:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T10:29:25","slug":"keep-unwanted-eyes-off-your-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/keep-unwanted-eyes-off-your-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep unwanted eyes off your PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever walked way from your computer at home or work only to find that someone has quickly stepped in and wrote a cheeky comment posing as you on your Facebook account.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s usually done in fun, but it does highlight a very real threat to both your identity and personal information.<\/p>\n<p>The simple solution to keep both eyes and hands off your computer while you\u2019re not there involves just 2 buttons for Windows users&#8230;simply hold down the windows key and press the letter \u2018L\u2019 at the same time.  This will lock your computer from further use until you return and enter your password.<\/p>\n<p>For more PC security tips you can&#8217;t go past AVG&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avg.com.au\/resources\/ultimate-guides\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Ultimate Guides&#8221;<\/a> to staying safe online &#8211; Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avg.com.au\/resources\/ultimate-guides\/\" target=\"_blank\">AVG Australia website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever walked way from your computer at home or work only to find that someone has quickly stepped in and wrote a cheeky comment posing as you on your Facebook account. It\u2019s usually done in fun, but it does highlight a very real threat to both your identity and personal information. The simple solution to keep both eyes<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/keep-unwanted-eyes-off-your-pc\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Keep unwanted eyes off your PC - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/keep-unwanted-eyes-off-your-pc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Keep unwanted eyes off your PC - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Have you ever walked way from your computer at home or work only to find that someone has quickly stepped in and wrote a cheeky comment posing as you on your Facebook account. 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