Social Media & Email Safety
How Email Spoofing Works and Why the ‘From’ Name Can Lie to You
You get an email from your bank, your boss, or your own email address, warning about something urgent. The name in the “From” field looks right. Then something feels a little off, maybe the request is strange, maybe the timing doesn’t add up. That gut check is worth trusting, because the name on an email […]
How to Tell If a Direct Message Is a Scam Before You Click Anything
You get a DM from a friend’s account asking if you got the money they sent, or a message from “support” saying your account will be suspended in 24 hours. Your stomach drops a little, and your thumb is already moving toward the reply box. That split second, the one between seeing the message and […]
Instagram and TikTok Privacy Settings Worth Checking Before School Starts
New school year, new class schedule, new group chat, and for a lot of teens, a fresh wave of interest in their social accounts. New classmates look people up. Old classmates reconnect. Accounts that sat quiet all summer suddenly get more visitors, and more visibility means it’s worth knowing exactly who can see what. This […]
What to Do if Your Email Account Gets Hacked
You go to log in and your password doesn’t work. Or a friend texts asking why you sent them a weird link. Or you find hundreds of bounce-back emails in your inbox for messages you never sent. That drop in your stomach is real, but you don’t need to panic. You need a checklist, and […]
New School Year, New Group Chats: What Parents Should Know About Class Chat Apps
Somewhere between the new backpack and the first homework assignment, your kid’s phone buzzes with an invite to a class group chat. Then another one for the soccer team. Then a third for a school club you didn’t even know they’d joined. By the second week of September, they could be in half a dozen […]