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Protect your devices and privacy: updates, backups, Wi-Fi and privacy settings
Six short lessons: turn on automatic updates, back up your iPhone or Android phone and your computer, lock and find your devices, secure your home Wi-Fi, and run a 10-minute social media privacy check-up. Official guidance from Australia, the UK and the US, plus vendor help pages where they’re the primary source.
About this course
Protect your devices and privacy: updates, backups, Wi-Fi and privacy settings.
Starter · About 0.75 hours of learning · 6 lessons · 12 quick checks · 1 download
Who it's for
Adults in Australia, the UK, the US and elsewhere who want their phones, computers, Wi-Fi and social media set up safely; no technical knowledge needed.
How it works
6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time.
Sources we rely on
15 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.
By the end you can
- Turn on automatic updates and deal with unsupported devices
- Back up an iPhone or Android phone and a computer, and test a restore
- Set screen locks and find-my-device, and know what to do if a device is lost, stolen or sold
- Secure a home router and use public Wi-Fi safely
- Run a social media privacy check-up and reduce your digital footprint
Downloads
- Device, backup and privacy checklist .xlsxA devices tab (updates, lock, find-my-device, last backup), a home Wi-Fi checklist and a social media privacy check-up, with the Mai Nguyen worked example.
Rules by country
Learning time
About 0.75 hours of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.
Sources
Check the originals.
Drafted with AI assistance and run through automated quality and source checks. How these courses are made. Spotted an error or out-of-date rule? Send a correction.
General information only. Life courses don't give health, financial or legal advice.
- Personal cyber security handbook: Keep your devices and software up to date · ASD’s ACSC (Australia)
- Personal cyber security handbook: Secure your devices · ASD’s ACSC (Australia)
- Personal cyber security handbook: Secure your online activity · ASD’s ACSC (Australia)
- Install the latest software and app updates · National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, UK)
- Backing up your data · National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, UK)
- Social media: how to use it safely · National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, UK)
- Backup methods for iPhone or iPad · Apple Support (vendor documentation)
- Back up or restore data on your Android device · Android Help, Google (vendor documentation)
- How To Protect Your Phone From Hackers · Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Advice (US)
- How To Secure Your Home Wi-Fi Network · Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Advice (US)
- The eSafety Guide · eSafety Commissioner (Australia)
- Personal cyber security handbook: Getting help · ASD’s ACSC (Australia)
- Report Fraud service goes live (4 December 2025) · Report Fraud, City of London Police (UK)
- Report a scam email · National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC, UK)
- ReportFraud.ftc.gov · Federal Trade Commission (US)
Publisher
Who publishes this course.
Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.
How it's made: drafted with AI assistance from published official, government and vendor guidance, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. The course guide is an AI presenter and is labelled as one. Read how these courses are made.
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General information, not legal, financial, medical or professional advice. Spotted an error or an out-of-date rule? Send us a correction.
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