Protect your family's digital life

A calm, plain-English guide to protecting your money, your privacy and your kids online. No tech degree required.

Securing the Digital Home

Scams, hacked accounts, kids online: it all feels like too much. This practical handbook walks you through locking down your home Wi-Fi, spotting scam emails and calls, protecting your children's devices, and safeguarding your savings, step by step.

Three habits. About 20 minutes.

Small changes that close the biggest gaps. Straight from the book.

Turn on two-factor for your email

A second check helps stop anyone who steals your password from reaching the account that resets all the others. About 10 minutes.

a person holding a cell phone in front of a laptop
a person holding a cell phone in front of a laptop
Turn off WPS on your router

Closes a shortcut for joining your home Wi-Fi that many routers leave switched on. About 5 minutes.

Stops small game purchases from quietly adding up on your child's device. About 5 minutes.

Disable in-app purchases
a couple of routers sitting on top of a table
a couple of routers sitting on top of a table
a young boy playing with a smart phone
a young boy playing with a smart phone

About Malcolm Black

After years of hands-on IT support, I saw the same thing again and again: families getting hurt online not because they were careless, but because nobody had ever shown them simple steps. I wrote this book to be that guide, in plain language you can act on tonight.

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