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Make your family a password
Set one in thirty seconds, then two questions on using it.
Does your family have a password?
A word you say out loud to prove it is really you.
Let’s make one now.
A short phrase everyone at home knows, said out loud to prove who you are.
- ×Not a pet, a child or a street — those are already online.
- ×Not a birthday. It is announced every year by design.
- ×Two ordinary words that never occur together work best.
🔒 This never leaves your device. It is not sent anywhere and not saved.
“I’m in trouble. Please don’t tell Dad.”
“It’s me. I’ve had an accident and I need money right now. Please don’t tell Dad.”
It is your child’s voice. It is their number on your screen. Both are cheap to fake, and thirty seconds of any recording is enough.
What do you do?
“Come on — it’s purple tractor, right?”
You ask for the password. They answer: “Come on, you know it — it’s purple tractor, right?”
They said the word. They also said it as a question.
Is that good enough?
Ask for the word. Never offer it.
Don’t ask only “What does AI say?” Ask “How does AI know?”
What this lesson taught
- A voice and a number are both cheap to fake. Ask for the password, then call back on a number already in the phone.
- Ask, never offer. Confirming the word, or hinting at it, hands it over just as completely as saying it.
🔒 Never sent, never saved — print this card or tell your family now.
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