Day 24: Keeping the people around you safe — LearnAI

Today's idea

Is it enough that you've learned to spot scams and fake information, or do the people around you need to know too? (tap to see)

Knowing it yourself isn't enough. Scammers often target people who feel less at ease with technology, so it's worth telling the people around you, in simple words.

As well as being careful yourself, let the people around you know — in simple words

Imagine a fire at home, and only one person knows what to do. When it happens, the whole family is in trouble. If everyone knows the plan, the danger shrinks a lot. Staying safe from scams and fake information works exactly the same way.

There may be people around you who don't feel very comfortable with phones or technology — an older relative who tends to believe a new message or call straight away. Or a younger family member who gets excited easily about a new app or offer. Or a neighbour you've never really talked to about any of this.

The best way to reach them isn't to scare them. It's to calmly share one or two simple rules in plain words — like "Never tell anyone your OTP or PIN" or "If a call asks for urgent money, check first." If you sit down together and agree on a simple rule like that, the whole family or neighbourhood stays much safer.

Try it yourself Time: 3 minutes

1.Open the Gemini or ChatGPT app.
2.Think of someone around you who doesn't feel very comfortable with technology.
3.Type something like this and ask:

Someone in my family doesn't feel very comfortable with phones or technology. Please write the rule "I will never tell anyone my OTP, PIN or password" in very simple, short words, so they can remember it easily.
4.Read it, and if you like, change it a little in your own words so it feels even easier for that person.

Do it together Time: 5 minutes

With anyone — a child, a parent, a friend or a colleague.

Work out together with the person you're with a simple rule for your family or close people — for example, "If a call from an unknown number asks for urgent money, we'll all talk to one chosen person first." Once you've settled on it, tell the others at home too.

We did this together

Today's key point

Being careful yourself isn't enough — if you tell the people around you in simple words and agree on one common rule together, everyone stays safer.

Check yourself

Two quick questions from today's lesson.

1. What's the benefit when everyone in the family knows the rules for spotting scams?

Correct answer: Everyone can keep each other alert, and scammers get fewer chances — when the whole family or the people around you are aware, scammers get far fewer chances.

2. What's a good way to explain something to someone who isn't comfortable with technology?

Correct answer: Calmly explain one or two rules in simple words — explain calmly in simple words and agree on a rule together, and people remember it easily.