sharing
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How to Keep Android’s ‘Nearby Share’ From Using Your Mobile Data
I love Android’s Nearby Share, because it finally — finally — lets you shoot files over to another Android phone, just like iPhone users have been able to do with AirDrop since 2014. I always hated having to turn to third-party apps to make this happen on Android, so it’s a welcome relief that Google…
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Why Can’t Windows 10 Find My Shared Network Folders?
Sharing folders between two computers on your network always feels like it’s more trouble than it’s worth. At least, there’s no guarantee that the process is going to go smoothly, and by the time you’ve troubleshot whatever’s going on, set up your share, and transferred files, well, you might as well have copied them to…
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Ask LH: How Do I Leech My Neighbour’s Wifi Connection?
I might as well rename the Ask Lifehacker column “The Wifi Wizard,” given how many of you have written in with wireless networking questions over the past several months. That’s fine, though. Wireless networking is near and dear to my heart, as I have wonderful memories of the three years I spent testing routers for…
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Ask LH: Why Is Porn I Never Googled Showing Up In My Search History?
Dear Lifehacker, I have a question that has been an issue for the last 3 years. So, I’ll be honest, my boyfriend and I watch porn each separately on our phones. We each have gone through each others’ phone activity through Google, and when he looks at mine, there are items in there that I…