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W e’ve been working for some time on our weBooks product-line and the first product, “ Cyber Services ”, is now available. So, we thought we’d ask an AI what we should have done for this. Our question to ChatGPT : What is the best way to manage my online subscriptions The answer:  To manage your online subscriptions, the best approach is to regularly review the subscriptions you have and make sure they are still useful and worth the cost. Here are a few steps you can follow to manage your subscriptions effectively: 1.      Make a list of all your current subscriptions, including the cost and billing date for each one. 2.      Evaluate each subscription and decide whether it is still providing value. Consider factors such as whether you use the service regularly, whether it is still relevant to your needs, and whether there are any cheaper or free alternatives available. 3.      For subscriptions that you no long...

Had enough? Is it worth it?  Tired of the exploding costs, escalating cyber-risks, and ever increasing time spent baby-sitting your cyber services? We are. Costs? Our Netflix subscription has gone up over 20% and our National Geographic subscription by over 50% in less than 3 years. And we now seem to have subscriptions to Paramount+, Apple+, Disney+, and more. In fact, over 100 subscriptions! Risks? Ransomware gangs and other crooks try to phish account logins from us and steal them from our services. To threaten our assets, reputations, and memories. And to extort money from us any way they can. Time? We're besieged by critical update notifications and even notices of subscription agreement changes that we never actually agreed to and never had time to read. And, maybe worse, spending time wondering about all the things we're not getting security update notices about. And what about life-changing events like identify theft and ransomware attacks?  What to do? Introducing t...