Keep your family safe online.
Your banking app, your WhatsApp, your family photos. They all live in your pocket, and they're all worth protecting. Start with free tools that take two minutes. No sign-up, nothing stored, plain English throughout.
Free tools first. If you need a human, we're one WhatsApp away. Durban-based, helping families across South Africa.
Free tools, two minutes each
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HackCheck
See what hackers already know about your email address, and what to do about it.
Run the check → Free
Scam Check
Got a suspicious SMS, email or WhatsApp? Check if it's a known scam before you tap.
Check the message → Free
Link Checker
Paste a link before you open it. Instant red-flag analysis, right in your browser.
Test a link → Free
Password Generator
Strong, unique passwords generated on your device. Never sent anywhere.
Generate one →What usually goes wrong
The four ways South African families get hurt online, and the plain-English guide for each.
Your WhatsApp gets hijacked
Scammers impersonate you and beg your contacts for money. It starts with one code you shouldn't share.
Read the guide →
SIM-swap fraud
Your number gets moved to a stranger's phone, and your bank accounts go with it. Here's how to spot it early.
Read the guide →
Sextortion & blackmail
Threats to share private photos are designed to panic you into paying. Don't. Here's what actually works.
Read the guides →
Kids' devices & games
Roblox, TikTok, school tablets: the settings that keep kids safer without turning you into the bad guy.
Read the guide →The family risk check
Eight yes/no questions. Answer for your household and get an instant, private verdict. No email, no sign-up, no data leaving your phone.
Does your banking app have two-factor authentication switched on?
Have you used the same password on more than one account?
Do your kids' devices have no parental controls or screen limits at all?
Have you posted holiday or travel plans publicly while you're away?
Do you know whether your email address has ever appeared in a data breach?
Have you ever tapped a link in an SMS from a bank or telco without checking the address?
Are your phone or computer updates ignored for months at a time?
Have passwords or one-time codes ever been shared in the family WhatsApp chat?
You're in decent shape
Your household habits are better than most. Keep them sharp: run a HackCheck to be sure your email hasn't leaked, and glance at the guides below once in a while.
A few habits to tidy up
Nothing scary, but two or three of these are the exact openings scammers look for. Fix them this week and you'll be ahead of most households.
Act now, before someone else does
Several high-risk gaps showed up. The good news: they're all fixable, and you don't have to figure it out alone. Message us and we'll walk you through it, no jargon, no charge for the first conversation.
This check runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you answer is sent anywhere or stored.
When it's already bad
If something is happening to you or your family this week, skip the tools. Do these things in this order.
If an account or money is involved:
- Call your bank first. Freeze cards and stop payments before anything else.
- Change passwords from a different, clean device: email first, then banking, then everything else. Use the password generator.
- Sign out everywhere. Most apps have a "log out of all devices" setting. Use it.
- Report it. The guides below walk you through WhatsApp hijack, SIM-swap and scam reports step by step.
Plain-English reads for rainy afternoons
No jargon, no fear-mongering. The guides our readers send to their parents.
Set up 2FA, step by step
The single highest-value security setting in your life, explained like a friend would.
Read the guide →
Are free VPNs safe?
The honest answer about free VPNs in South Africa, and what to use instead.
Read the guide →
Card fraud, explained
How card details really get stolen in SA, the warning signs, and what to do the moment you spot one.
Read the guide →
The full Cyber Toolkit
Every free tool and guide in one place: password health, scam checks, privacy settings and more.
Open the toolkit →Coming soon: personal exposure reports: see exactly what the internet knows about you and your family, compiled by a human who explains it in plain language. Personal OPSEC plans are on the way too.
WhatsApp us to be first in lineUbuntu means "I am because we are." We started this company because our own families were getting scammed, and the advice out there was either too technical or too scared to be useful. Everything on this page is the help we wish they'd had.
Not sure where to start? Start with us.
One WhatsApp message is all it takes. Tell us what's worrying you: a strange message, a locked account, a gut feeling. We'll point you in the right direction. Free tools if you can DIY, a human if you can't.
