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The internet doesn’t have to feel dangerous to be used safely. Quietly Secure is a podcast for people who want to stay protected online without becoming anxious or overwhelmed.
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healthy skepticism (opens the original)
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In this episode of Quietly Secure, we explore one of the most useful skills for staying safe in an increasingly connected world: healthy skepticism. After exploring scams, deepfakes, AI, algorithms, digital reputation and online trust, we ask an important question: should we stop trusting anything? The answer, of course, is no. Instead, we need to learn how to trust thoughtfully. We look at the difference between skepticism and cynicism, why the sheer speed and volume of online information makes
Children Growing Up Online (opens the original)
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For many of us, the internet was something we discovered. We remember dial-up connections, desktop computers and perhaps our first mobile phone. Going online was something we deliberately chose to do. But what happens when you don’t remember a world before the internet existed? For today’s children, technology isn’t necessarily something they “go online” to use. It’s simply part of everyday life. They grow up surrounded by smartphones, tablets, social media, streaming, artificial intelligence, a
Digital Reputation-Who Are You Online? (opens the original)
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We leave a digital footprint every day. In the last episode, we explored how algorithms decide what information we see - using our clicks, searches, views and interactions to shape our online experience. But there’s another side to that relationship. We’re not just consuming information. We’re creating it. Every account we open, photograph we post, review we write, comment we leave and service we use adds another piece to our digital identity. Some of it is deliberate. Some of it happens without
News in the Algorithm Age (opens the original)
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News in the Algorithm Age | Quietly Secure — Season 4 Welcome back to Quietly Secure . Over the last few episodes, we’ve explored why we trust websites, why scams are so effective, how artificial intelligence can create convincing images, voices and videos, and whether we can trust the answers AI gives us. But there is a common thread connecting all of these subjects. Information. More specifically, how do we know whether the information we receive is actually worth trusting? For most of human h
Can You Trust AI Answers? (opens the original)
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Artificial intelligence has rapidly become part of everyday life. We use AI to write emails, summarise documents, create images, explain complicated subjects, and answer questions. Increasingly, we are also turning to AI instead of traditional search engines when we want to understand something. But there is a problem. Can you actually trust an AI answer? In Season 4, Episode 4 of Quietly Secure , we take a closer look at one of the most important questions surrounding modern artificial intellig
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