What you managed as Shadow
Shadow watches what the world knows about you, without you having to vanish from the internet. You can:
- switch off unnecessary permissions on apps
- refuse optional cookies and tracking
- use private mode as a one-time visit, not invisibility
- read metadata on photos and switch off GPS on the camera when you do not need it
- go through a Google/Apple account with a parent
- know when a VPN helps and when it does not
- behave carefully on public Wi-Fi
- have a finished phone audit on paper with a parent
That is not paranoia. It is calm: you know which doors are open.
Check checklist
Go through with a parent and tick:
| Task | Done? |
|---|---|
| Phone audit — paper filled in, with a parent | ☐ |
| One permission switched off on five apps (or written why not) | ☐ |
| Cookies — optional refused on one website | ☐ |
| Camera — location checked | ☐ |
| Phone account — 2FA with a parent | ☐ |
| Family rules — at least one sentence from Shadow | ☐ |
Certificate: have you finished the whole Shadow level? In the Certificates section you can print a Shadow diploma — earned praise for a piece of work. Mark all lessons as done and the certificate button will appear.
Four course projects
Shadow mainly added to the phone audit and family rules. Broadcaster will add a safer profile. Adviser will add a campaign. All four live next to each other:
- Family rules — the fridge. Wi-Fi, cookies, an account is not lent.
- Phone audit — paper with a parent. Permissions, 2FA, cookies, location.
- Campaign — a poster in class. Five points and 116 111.
- Safer profile — a bio without school, a private account.
If one is missing, it is not a fail. It is a task for next week.
What next
The next level is Broadcaster — what you send out, groups, bullying, reputation. Shadow watched what the world collects. Broadcaster watches what you broadcast.
Line 116 111 holds after the course too. Calm is not that nothing will happen. Calm is that you know what to do.
Now you 💪
Go through the table above with a parent. What is missing, write with a date — one hole, not ten.
Mark the last lesson as done. Go to certificates and print the Shadow diploma when you have all 12 lessons.
Shadow done. The phone audit lives with a parent. Family rules have a sentence from privacy. You deserve the Shadow certificate. Broadcaster is waiting.
What to take from this lesson
- Shadow = privacy under control. Permissions, cookies, metadata, account, network.
- Phone audit done. Paper with a parent.
- The Shadow certificate in the Certificates section.
- Next step: Broadcaster — what you broadcast out.
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