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You hang up on a fake "TRAI officer" and feel pleased you did not fall for it. But tomorrow, the same number will call someone else. Someone who might. There is a government service where you can report it in a couple of minutes. What is Chakshu? It is part of Sanchar Saathi, the Department โฆ
You type your passcode on a crowded train, a bus, or at a restaurant table. Someone nearby watches, then takes the phone. With your passcode, they can change your Apple account password and lock you out of everything. Apple added a feature to stop exactly this. What does Stolen Device Protection do? It adds extra โฆ
You spent an evening deleting hundreds of photos. Then you checked storage, and it barely moved. It is not your imagination. Most of those photos have not actually gone anywhere yet. Where did my deleted photos go? Into a bin. Phones keep deleted photos for a while, in case you change your mind. On an โฆ
The caller says he is from your mobile network. There is a problem with your SIM, or your network is about to be upgraded. To fix it, you just need to dial a short code and a number. It feels harmless, because you are only pressing keys on your own phone. What does the code โฆ
The call says a parcel in your name has been caught with drugs. Or your Aadhaar has been linked to money laundering. Then a "police officer" appears on a video call, in uniform, in what looks like a police station. You are told you are under "digital arrest" and must not leave the camera or โฆ
Have you noticed your phone sometimes opens without asking for your PIN? That is not a glitch. It is a feature called Extend Unlock, and many people switched it on without realising. What does Extend Unlock do? It keeps your phone unlocked while a condition you chose is true. On most Android phones it can โฆ
You have given your fingerprint at a bank, a SIM shop and a ration counter. Each time, it was checked against your Aadhaar. Now imagine someone else using your fingerprint the same way, without you there. There is a simple setting that stops it. What does locking my biometrics do? It switches off fingerprint and โฆ
Every night of exam month begins the same way. A negotiation about the phone, conducted by two tired people. The fix is not a stricter rule, it is a piece of paper written before any of it starts. Why write anything down? Because memory is not neutral at nine at night. The child remembers being โฆ
The new one has arrived and the old one is sitting in a drawer. It still works, so throwing it away feels wasteful. Selling it feels like effort, and giving it away feels like admitting it is worthless. So it stays in the drawer, losing value quietly, for two years. Should I sell it or โฆ
It is eleven at night and your watch has shown you a number you do not like. Ten minutes later you are searching your symptoms and feeling worse. Everyone with a wearable has had that evening. The device is not trying to alarm you. It just cannot tell you which readings deserve attention. What does โฆ