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Pasting correcting whole paragraph in Microsoft Word and track will show only corrected words

I want to paste corrected paragraphs to Microsoft Word, but I only want to track words that changed, not the deletion of the paragraph and new paragraph that is pasted. How do I do this?
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How to make git reset (or another method) remove empty directories?

I have a git repo that I need to clone, do some things, then package up and send to other people. I'm making this all automated via Ansible so there's no user intervention required. I want to ensure ...
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How can I stop sites from being able to tell when they're visible? AKA How do I disable Page Visibility API?

So there's this relatively new facility provided by most browsers called the Page Visibility API, wherein pages can tell when they're actually visible. Lots of sites have taken advantage of this not ...
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Where can you see the data that's been recorded by a tracking cookie?

I've always read that cookies can, and do, store sensitive information such as OTHER websites that you've visited outside the one to which the cookie belongs. I've started to read up about it and can ...
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How can I see the track changes on the right side of the Word file?

Attached is the snap-shot of a Microsoft Word file with track changes as on: In the yellow circle I have highlighted the changes that are done already. But when I do the editing in the Word file, ...
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Setup LocalCDN or similar CDN replacer to run locally network-wide

Big companies like Google, Akamai, Cloudflare, are likely suspects when it comes to tracking, and fingerprinting is a big issue that most people don't know about it. If you have large companies ...
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Is there an exhaustive list of what Windows logs or can log?

I know that there is the event log, but that's not where it stops. There are logs for MSI executables, device logs, setup and installation, performance logs, and so on. It's probably quite a long list;...
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How to get rid of the __cft__[0] part of Facebook links in Chrome or FIrefox?

I want to get rid of the __cft__[0]-part of internal Facebook links in my browser (Firefox or Chrome). The links work fine if you manually remove it, the cft-part is probably for tracking purposes (I ...
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Cleardot.gif in Gmail?

I had recently read up on how people can track when someone has read a gmail message using tracking pixels they either make themselves, or with the use of chrome extensions. When I entered the network ...
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Canvas fingerprint spoofed. What does that mean?

I have recently visited a website which showed me device info and what drew my attention was "Canvas Fingerprint: Spoofed". What could that mean and how can I restore it? Device info website ...
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How do I change the Windows 10 Hot Tracking color?

I am one of those people who like customizing just about everything in my system. Unfortunately, unlike in Linux, Windows 10 does not have a readily available way to change my hot tracking color (...
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Windows 10 File Property of a PowerPoint 365 document : How to recover missing author?

Author is blank (File Explorer view) in File Property of a PowerPoint 365 document. Is it possible to recover missing author ? Auditing is not enabled in said Document. Thanks Ahead!
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How to track mail undetectably?

As far as I have searched, there are many third-party email tracking systems; and many of them are in the form of add-ons for gmail. I have tested two of them, and they work fine when the recipients ...
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Do Google and Facebook keep track of the sites I browse outside of their own sites?

I've noticed that on a lot of news sites and stuff, there is that icon that says "Share with Facebook" and sometimes even information about friends that have commented on the particular news article. ...
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What does Google know about me when I use Chrome to browse?

Specifically, I wanted to know, when one uses Chrome to browse, assuming that they are not signed into a Google account and there are no cookies/history/cache or other data saved before starting, ...
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Description for category names of Mozilla Shavar blacklist

Looking at the Mozilla Shavar blacklist, which is used for tracking protection (ex. in Mozilla Firefox), the services are grouped in several categories: Email EmailStrict Advertising Content Analytics ...
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Rogue header and page number in Word 2016 lands in the text area and won't go away (Track Changes?)

Working in a Microsoft Word 2016 document. Track Changes has been on through a couple of saved versions of this document. I noticed that a header, including its page number field code, has appeared ...
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How can I ensure FLoC is blocked in chromium?

I use Chromium 89.0 on a Devuan GNU/Linux system. I've recently heard about Google's FLoC tracking mechanism (through the announcement of it being disabled in Brave), and I was wondering - how can I ...
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Identify GPS data from GPS tracking system

I have a GPS tracking system and I managed to get some data from it already, but I don't know what kind of data that is exactly; is anyone able to identify/recognize the following string and its ...
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Dnsmasq: Log all DNS queries from specific IP/device

I use Dnsmasq to resolve DNS queries in my local network. To prevent the TV from loading ads/tracking me, I set up dnsmasq to resolve dozens of domains to localhost. However, this has downsides. TV ...
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PDF Document tracking & logging information

Once a PDF document has been sent through email, control is lost to the owner. Anyone could be viewing the data and the owner lost awareness about it. That's why as an owner of the document, I want to ...
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Can a manufacturer track stolen PC components?

I had a brand new MSI motherboard delivered to my house, along with a Ryzen 3600 CPU, and a Gigabyte 1660 TI GPU. They were snatched from my front porch while I was at work. Is there any way for the ...
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Tracking changes to Active Directory users and systems

How can I track changes (creation, deletion, moves, etc.) to users and systems on an Active Directory Domain?
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Microsoft Word: how to compare and edit 2 documents, without creating a 3rd one

I do proof reading on documents written by non-native English speakers. With text editors you get to compare 2 versions of the same document and you can edit either directly. In Microsoft Word, ...
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Deleting (intrusive?) files safely

Platform(s): MacOS Catalina (10.15.2) and an iPad (13.3). Disclaimer: I'm in no way experienced or knowledgeable in anything relating to computers. Background: I'm keen to cut ties with Facebook ...
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Completely Automatic Time Tracking for Windows 10

I've read some of the answers to similar question here but not found exactly what I want. I want to know how much time I spend working with different programs during the day, with zero setup, naming ...
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How to use the fingerprinting feature to optimize your privacy with firefox

Superusers, I know by now how the new firefox fingerprinter works and what it does thanks to another question. But this question now is: to understand this setting's impact on the actual user-tracking ...
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When I ask Firefox to block "Cookies" for known "Third-party trackers", does it also block LocalStorage?

I use Firefox 68.0 (as packaged by Fedora Linux 30). I have selected "Custom" content blocking, and enabled blocking "Cookies" from "Third-party trackers". Does it also affect third-party tracking ...
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Determine info about file being accessed on Windows File server

TL:DR - Is there a way to get detailed access logging beyond what user accessed it and when? Windows Audit isn't detailed enough. Explanation: I'm working with a client trying to reverse engineer ...
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Accept multiple changes in MS Word

Can I accept all tracked changes in a specific area (where I dragged)? I'm using MS Word 2013 for Windows.
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How do visited websites know which website sent the visitor? [closed]

In the below given two scenes, do browsers tell the visited website server as to which website was the user on before reaching this/current website? In other words, suppose I was on Website1 and I ...
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Unblock Google Analytics on all company computers except a few users

We are currently blocking GA in our company using IP filtering. We all share the same IP so exclude this in GA. However, we have an internal sales team that take sales on the phone. We'd like GA to ...
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How to filter out "Crawlers"/Image Proxies when tracking email content or links and get ONLY real clicks of the user

Currently I am working on a feature with which I should be able to track E-Mails and the links in it. So when a user clicks on a link in an image I make some entries in the database so that I can make ...
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data-lynx-uri links on facebook

I've noticed a long time ago that links that are posted on facebook are somehow handled in a twisted way. If I hover with my mouse over the link or page preview, my browser (in this case, Safari for ...
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(failed) ERR_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES requests in Chrome

The page makes about 40 navigator.sendBeacon() calls to the same endpoint during and before rendering of the body, but sometimes a number of them result in a failed request with timing as "stalled". ...
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Google Analytics Opt Out for mobile devices? [closed]

The Google Analytics Opt Out Browser Add-ons are very useful way to shield our browsing from contributing to our clients analytics data. The link does not work for mobile devices. Are there any ...
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Microsoft Outlook "Message Option" - does it "open" the email - susceptible to tracking?

When you use the Microsoft Outlook "Message Option" to look at an email header - is the email actually "opened" and susceptible to tracking if the sender is using a 3rd party tracking tool?
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Buying used computer - any identifying hardare specs sent when surfing web?

this is one of those "Things I should know and was afraid to ask" questions. I'm considering buying a used laptop for the first time - and I had a thought - even if I wipe the hard drive and re-...
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How can I access Chrome's user metrics?

Chrome records certain user actions, for example (see here for full source): content::RecordAction(UserMetricsAction("NewIncognitoWindow")); Is there a way I can access my Chrome user metrics?
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Can my mobile carrier company found out the IP to which I am connected through a Wi-Fi network? [closed]

The question is simple: can my mobile carrier company found out the IP assigned to my WiFi adapter, either in airplane mode or with mobile data ON? In case my question is not clear enough, I'm going ...
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Logging all changes done by a user into a new sheet with username

I have an excel sheet database, several users log in through different windows accounts to fill fields, is there a way to log changes and entries into a separate sheet in the same excel file. if the ...
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How can this website reidentify me even after deleting all of my browser's history and using a VPN?

The website dropmail.me is able to successfully reidentify me (and offer my last used temp mail addresses via. "Restore access") despite doing the following: Delete all my browsers history which ...
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How to detect if an Email was sent with Tracking Software?

I'm seeing more and more blank or meaningless SPAM emails (No attachment, link, Advertisement, or Phish attempt) sent to my employees. I assume they are sent with tracking software just to see if ...
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Method for tracking if user printed,deleted, or forwarded a message [closed]

I'd like to be able to track messages (message analytics) that a user prints, forwards, or deletes after we send them out. How do I implement these functionas? I'd like a technical explanation that I ...
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Is IP trackable if Bittorent is open but torrents aren't downloading?

Just as the title suggests. Is a public IP exposed if a BitTorrent client is open but not downloading?
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How to track a file to know where it has gone

How do you make a file trackable. Like for a vehicle we can keep a gps tracker, and it kind of gives you report saying its moving and has gone to these locations. Similarly if I could have a tracker ...
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Can someone track searches over a large wireless network?

Is it possible for things that I search to be tracked through a large wireless network (ie. a school network with a username and password for)? And how detailed can they get with these searches? Can ...
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WsAppService.exe or Wondershare, is consuming all my RAM

Recently my PC started to freeze. The RAM was being clobbered. I do what I always to CNTRL + ALT + DEL to open taskmgr. Well non of the processes were there. So I decided to check Resource Monitor ...
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Recording when was macro used last time [closed]

is it possible to track somehow date/time of when was some specific macro used? For example I have some macro assigned to button, so maybe track when that button was clicked? Could you help me with ...
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How to disable tracking of formatting changes in Word for Mac 2011?

I use change tracking in Microsoft Word to collaborate with others while jointly editing a document, however, I am not interested in tracking formatting changes. On the Windows version of Word, I was ...