Category: Privacy & security
How to Check If Your Email Was in a Data Breach
Check if your email was in a data breach for free, then act on what leaked: passwords, card details or identity data,…
How to Start Using a Password Manager
Switch to a password manager without stress: built-in or standalone, protecting the main password, and a first-hour plan for the ten accounts…
How to Tell If Your Phone Has a Virus or Malware
Most 'virus' signs have ordinary causes. How to check an iPhone or Android phone for real malware, remove it, secure your accounts…
How to Check Which Apps Can See Your Location
See which apps can use your location on Android or iPhone, what each permission level allows, which apps really need it, and…
How to Recover a Hacked WhatsApp Account
Get a hijacked WhatsApp account back by re-registering your number, deal with a PIN the attacker set, warn your contacts and stop…
How to Turn On Two-Factor Authentication Everywhere
A one-evening plan to turn on two-factor authentication, starting with email: which method to pick, where the settings are, and how to…
How to Stop Spam Calls
Stop spam calls by layering defences: iPhone and Android call screening, your network's free filter, Do Not Call or TPS, and safe…
Are Phone-Number Tracking Sites Real or a Scam?
Can a website find a phone from its number? How phone location really works, what these tracking sites actually do, how to…
How to See Devices Logged Into Your Google Account
See which devices are signed in to your Google Account on a computer, Android or iPhone, sign out old ones and know…
How to Spot a Fake Delivery Text
How to recognise fake parcel delivery texts, check a delivery safely, report the message to 7726, and what to do if you…