We live in the age of data leaks and scammers.

Last year scammers stole $2 billion from Australians (down from the all-time peak of $3.1b in 2022). This year scammers got extensive data on millions of people from the Qantas data breach, and even more highly sensitive personal and medical data from the Genea data breach.

So, it’s important that people know about and take full advantage of the privacy and security settings on their devices. To further aid with this, Apple recently announced a big new feature that has the potential to make a huge difference. 3

It’s called Call Screening, and the way it works is that when you get a call from a number not saved in your contacts, the iPhone asks the caller for their name and reason for their call, which is then transcribed and sent to

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