How do I stop my data being used to train AI?
Where the opt-outs actually are, the difference between your content being used and your conversations being read, and what cannot be undone.
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Security & Privacy
The few habits that actually protect your accounts.
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How do we manage screen time as a family?
Setting rules that hold, modelling them yourself, and focusing on what the time displaces rather than the number of hours.
beginner1 hr2 min readSomeone wants to pay money into my account — is that legal?
What a money mule actually is, why the consequences outlast the money, how young people and jobseekers are recruited, and what to do if it has already started.
beginner10 min3 min readSomeone has made a fake profile pretending to be me — what can I do?
Why cloned profiles appear, the reporting routes that actually work, how to get friends to report it too, and what to do when the platform says no.
beginner30 min3 min readSomeone is coming to collect my bank card — is that genuine?
The police impersonation script, why the caller can survive you ringing 999, and the absolute rules that end it — no collections, no withdrawals, no PINs.
beginner8 min4 min readSomeone says they can get my scammed money back — is that real?
Why victims are contacted again, the fees these approaches invent, the fake law firms and agencies they impersonate, and the free routes that actually exist.
beginner6 min3 min readWhat actually happens after I report a scam to Action Fraud?
An honest account of what the report does, why most reports are not individually investigated, what the reference number is genuinely for, and where the support you may actually want comes from.
beginner8 min3 min readWhat do apps actually know about me?
The permissions and data collection behind ordinary apps, and how to see and reduce what is being gathered.
beginner30 min2 min readWhat does end-to-end encryption actually protect?
It protects the message in transit and at the service in the middle. It does not protect the phone at either end, the backup, who you talked to, or anything the other person does with what you sent — and those are where things usually go wrong.
beginner20 min8 min readWhat happens if I forget my password manager master password?
Why there is usually no reset, the four recovery routes worth trying in order, and the arrangement to set up now so this never becomes an emergency.
beginner20 min3 min readWhich browser is actually the most private?
What browser privacy actually means, why the default settings matter more than the brand, and an honest comparison of the realistic UK choices including the trade-offs each one carries.
beginner10 min3 min readWhy does my phone say my wifi network has weak security?
What the warning is actually objecting to, why the fix sometimes breaks an old device, and how to decide between upgrading the encryption and replacing the router.
intermediate20 min3 min readHow do I stop being followed by adverts online?
The settings and tools that genuinely reduce tracking, and a realistic account of what each achieves.
beginner40 min2 min readShould I use "sign in with Google" or "sign in with Apple"?
What social sign-in actually shares, why it is usually safer than another password, the single-point-of-failure problem, and where it is worth refusing.
beginner10 min3 min readWhy do scam emails no longer have bad spelling?
The advice about poor English is now actively dangerous. What replaced it, why the old filter existed at all, and the three tests that still work when the writing is perfect.
beginner7 min3 min readCan a video call be faked by someone pretending to be a person I know?
What real-time deepfakes can and cannot currently do, the weak visual tells and why you should not depend on them, and the out-of-band checks that work regardless.
beginner8 min3 min readDoes a photo I share show where it was taken?
Every photograph carries hidden information, usually including the exact spot it was taken. What is in there, which platforms strip it and which do not, and how to remove it before you share.
beginner20 min7 min readHow do I delete an online account properly?
Actually removing an account and its data, rather than deactivating it or abandoning it.
beginner45 min2 min readHow do I sort out my digital legacy?
What happens to accounts, photographs and subscriptions, and the arrangements that spare someone a great deal of difficulty.
beginner1 hr2 min readWhat should I put for security questions like my first pet's name?
Why honest answers are the weakness, the two workable approaches, and how to handle the questions a bank will read out to you on the phone.
beginner6 min3 min readWhy do I keep getting targeted after being scammed once?
What a suckers list is, who sells it, why the second approach is better crafted than the first, and the practical steps that reduce the volume.
beginner8 min3 min readHow do I choose a video doorbell?
Wired against battery, the subscription question that decides the real cost, and the legal position on what it can see.
beginner30 min5 min readHow do I get my personal information out of search results?
The difference between removing a page and removing a search result, the UK routes for each, and what realistically cannot be taken down.
intermediate1 hr3 min readHow do I remove my details from a website?
The right you actually have, how to make a request that must be answered, and what to do when it is ignored.
beginner45 min3 min read
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