Tech
Technology is easier when somebody stops using the vocabulary as a gate.
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If a term matters, we explain it. If there is a simpler way to say it, we use it.
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Tech words translated into normal language, with examples that actually make sense.
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Security + privacy
Phones, accounts, scams, breaches, stalkerware, and how to lock your stuff down.
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Explain it simple
Not because readers are dumb. Because jargon is usually a bad way to teach something.
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A computer system that learned patterns from lots of examples and uses those patterns to make a guess, answer, or prediction.
Picture it like this
Think of it like somebody who studied millions of flash cards and now tries to recognize what comes next.
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A set of steps or rules a computer follows to make a decision or sort something.
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Like a recipe: first do this, then this, then decide what happens next.
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A controlled way for one app to ask another app for something.
Picture it like this
Like a waiter carrying your order from your table to the kitchen and bringing the result back.
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Computers somewhere else that you reach through the internet.
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Your photos may look like they live on your phone, but another copy can actually live on a company’s computers.
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Scrambling information so it only makes sense to somebody with the right key.
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Like putting a message in a locked box that only the right key can open.
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Information about other information.
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A photo is the content. When it was taken, what device took it, and sometimes where it was taken are metadata.
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Making somebody prove who they are in more than one way before letting them into an account.
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A password is one lock. A passkey, security key, or authenticator can be another lock.
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A sign-in key stored on your device that proves it is really you without sending a reusable password.
Picture it like this
Instead of telling the website a secret, your device proves it has the right key.
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A little digital proof that says you already logged in.
Picture it like this
Like the wristband at a concert: once security checks you, the wristband lets you move around without showing your ticket every time.
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When somebody gets your phone number moved to a phone or eSIM they control.
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Calls and text codes meant for you can start going to them instead.
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An app or tool used to secretly watch another person’s phone activity.
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It may expose location, messages, photos, or other private activity without the person clearly knowing.