Privacy check-up
Location, DMs, public profiles — a 15-minute family sweep.
Your teen's address shouldn't be one screenshot away.
Closing the visibility gaps that make stranger contact possible.
Why it matters
A fifteen-minute sweep you run together through the settings that actually matter: who can see their profile, who can message them, which apps broadcast live location, and what a stranger can learn from one screenshot of their page. It's organized as a checklist by platform area rather than by app, so it survives the next app trend. The 'one screenshot test' makes it concrete: you both look at the public view of their profile and ask what a stranger now knows — school, neighborhood, daily schedule. Done together, it reads as teamwork against outsiders rather than surveillance of the teen.
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A 15-minute guided privacy sweep with the one-screenshot test and a per-area checklist.
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Key points
- Run the one-screenshot test on their public profile together.
- Close open DMs from strangers — it's the main contact channel.
- Re-sweep after big app updates; settings drift.
The science
Risk research on online harm finds that contact from strangers most often begins with publicly visible information — open DMs, public profiles, and location signals do the connecting work. Most teens have never reviewed defaults: platform settings favor visibility because visibility drives engagement, and status-quo bias keeps it that way. Framing matters: privacy sweeps framed as us-versus-outsiders preserve trust, while covert checking erodes the disclosure that actually protects teens. And periodic re-checks matter because app updates routinely reset or add sharing settings without ceremony.
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Privacy check-up
Your teen's address shouldn't be one screenshot away.
The skill you're building
Closing the visibility gaps that make stranger contact possible.
Key points
- Run the one-screenshot test on their public profile together.
- Close open DMs from strangers — it's the main contact channel.
- Re-sweep after big app updates; settings drift.
A 15-minute guided privacy sweep with the one-screenshot test and a per-area checklist.
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