Privacy & Security
What to Do If You Think You Have Spyware
A calm, step-by-step plan: stay safe, keep evidence, secure your accounts from a clean device, clean the phone and get the right help.
How to Turn Off Location for a Single App
Block one app from your location on iPhone or Android without breaking maps or family sharing, plus the photo tags and 'Always' permissions most people miss.
How to Lock Individual Chats
Which apps can lock a single conversation, how to hide it with a secret code, and the gaps a chat lock leaves open: notifications, backups and linked devices.
How to Report a Scam Call
Where to report a scam call in the US and UK, how to flag it on your phone, and what to do first if you've already paid or shared details.
How to Browse Privately on Your Phone
What private tabs really hide, how to lock them, and when you need tracker blocking, Private Relay, private DNS or a VPN instead.
How to Turn Off Read Receipts on WhatsApp
Switch off WhatsApp's blue ticks in ten seconds, and learn what the setting still gives away: groups, voice notes, status views and your online status.
How to Remove a Device From Your iCloud Account
Take an old, sold or unfamiliar device off your Apple Account, and know when you also need to remove it from Find My so Activation Lock comes off.
How to See Location History on Your Own Google Account
Google Timeline now lives on your phone, not the web. How to open it, back it up, find out what happened to old history, and delete or export it.
How to Recover a Hacked Facebook Account
The official route back in, what to do when the hacker changed your email and phone, and how to lock the account down so it doesn't happen again.
How to Stop Being Added to Random Groups
The exact settings that stop strangers adding you to WhatsApp, Telegram and Instagram groups, and what to do about text groups and scam 'clubs'.