Your data is you
Every app takes notes — name, face, location, friends. You don't need to be paranoid, just on purpose.
NASA / Land 1968 · the four moves creative kids make
step 1 · observe
did you know? ★
A single popular free app can send your location data to more than 40 different companies in one day.
src: The New York Times, 'Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night' (2018)
don't believe us — go look ★
These are the real places this comes from: museums, archives, science agencies. Read them, then make up your own mind. Different people can read the same facts and think different things — that's allowed, and worth talking about calmly.
voice shield
Paste a message. See what it really wants.
A DM, a comment, an ad, a "friend." We scan it on your device — nothing leaves.
step 2 · imagine
tap things you'd share with a random stranger
Online = same rule.
Tap each thing you'd share with a stranger on the street.
step 3 · try
pick everything that feels true →
Smart privacy habits for a kid online:
Tip: if you pick something "wrong," that's not a fail — it's the most useful click of the day. Mistakes get saved to your Lab as trophies, never as shame.