How Safe Is Your Digital Life?
Take our 2-minute Digital Safety Check and find out what you should fix first.
Which is the safest approach for your important online accounts?
Use a different strong password for every important account
Use the same strong password for several accounts
Use a few different passwords
Change your passwords every few weeks
Which is the safest approach when an important account offers two-factor authentication (2FA)?
Turn it on
Only use it for banking
Use it only when travelling
Skip it if your password is strong
You receive a text saying your bank account will be closed unless you click a link. What's the safest response?
Click the link to check your account
Reply and ask whether it's genuine
Contact the bank through its official app, website or phone number
Forward the message to a friend and ask what they think
Your phone shows an important security update is available. What is the safest approach?
Ignore it until something stops working
Install the update reasonably soon
Wait a few months in case the update causes problems
Only install it when the device makes you
What's the safest way to manage permissions for apps on your phone?
Allow all permissions because the app may need them later
Review permissions and remove access the app doesn't need
Only check permissions when an app stops working
Give every app the same permissions
Before buying from a website you've never used before, what is the safest approach?
If the website looks professional, it's probably legitimate
Check the reviews and buy if they look good
Check the business, website details and other signs that it's legitimate
Buy something inexpensive first to test the website
Which is the safest way to protect the email account you use for important accounts and password resets?
Use the same password as your social media accounts
Use a strong, unique password and turn on 2FA
Change your email password every month
Rely on your email provider's security settings
You're using public Wi-Fi and need to access your online banking. What's the safest approach?
Use the Wi-Fi if it has a password
Use it if the network name looks official
Avoid accessing sensitive accounts on an untrusted public network
Use it as long as the banking website shows a padlock
What's the safest approach to your social media privacy settings?
Leave the default settings because they're designed to be safe
Review your privacy settings regularly and limit what you don't need to share
Make your profile public so people can find you easily
Only check your settings if your account is hacked
What's the safest way to protect important photos and files if your device is lost, damaged or hit by ransomware?
Keep the only copy on your phone or computer
Email important files to yourself
Keep reliable backups of your important data
Save everything to one USB drive
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