Most account takeovers, scams and data leaks follow a few well-known patterns, and a handful of habits stop most of them. This hub collects our security and privacy guides in a sensible order: start by securing your accounts, then learn to recognise scams, know what to do if something goes wrong, and cut down the tracking that follows you around the web.
Start here: passwords, passkeys and two-step sign-in
- How to Secure Your Digital Life: Setting Up Two-Factor Authentication: the different 2FA types, which accounts to protect first and step-by-step setup to secure your digital life.
- Best Password Managers (2026): Free and Paid Options Compared: Bitwarden, Proton Pass, 1Password, Apple Passwords and Google Password Manager compared, plus how to switch to a password manager in one afternoon.
- Passkeys Explained: How to Replace Passwords on Your Phone and PC: how they replace passwords, why they stop phishing and how to set them up on your phone and PC, step by step, for safer logins.
- How to Check If Your Data Was in a Breach (and What to Do): Check whether your e-mail or passwords leaked with Have I Been Pwned and your password manager, then secure your accounts, cards and identity step by step.
Scams and fraud
- How to Spot a Phishing E-mail (and What to Do If You Clicked): Seven warning signs of phishing e-mails and texts, how to check links and senders, what to do if you clicked, and how to report phishing in the US and UK.
- How to Stop Spam Calls on iPhone and Android: Call Screening and Silence Unknown Callers on iPhone, spam filters and Call Screen on Android, carrier tools and do-not-call lists.
Malware and hacked accounts
- How to Tell If Your Phone Is Hacked (and What to Do): passwords, apps, accounts and stalkerware.
Safe browsing, Wi-Fi and devices
- What Is a VPN and Do You Need One? A Plain-English Guide: What a VPN does and does not do, when it is worth it, free vs paid VPNs, what to look for (no-logs audit, kill switch) and how to set one up.
- How to Find a Lost or Stolen Phone (Android and iPhone): Set up Find My and Find Hub, locate, lock and erase a lost Android phone or iPhone, and what to do if it was stolen, including fake “phone found” messages.
Children and family
- How to Set Up Parental Controls on iPhone, Android and Windows: Step-by-step parental controls with Screen Time, Google Family Link and Microsoft Family Safety, plus game consoles, router filters and settings by age.
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