Category
Technology & Digital Safety
Staying safe online and on your phone: QR codes, suspicious links, scams and privacy.
QR codesScams and phishingLink safetyPrivacyPhone tips
Solutions
- Got a suspicious text message? What to do, and what not to doHow to tell if a text is a scam, how to check it safely, how to report it by forwarding it to 7726, and what to do if you already tapped the link.
- How to protect your personal information on your phonePractical steps to keep the passwords, photos, messages and accounts on your phone safe: passcode, updates, backups, Find My, app permissions and sharing.
Guides and answers
- QR code scams: how to spot a fake QR code before you scanHow QR code scams work on parking meters, posters, emails and parcels, the warning signs, and how to check a QR link safely before opening it.
- How to scan a QR code on iPhone (and check it's safe)Ways to scan QR codes on iPhone — Camera, Control Center, photos — and how to check where a code goes before you open it.
- How to check if a link is safe before you open itSimple checks to tell a safe link from a phishing link — look-alike domains, shortened links, urgent messages — before you tap.
- How to create a QR code (with your logo) for freeHow to make a QR code for a website, Wi-Fi or contact card, add colours and a logo, and print it so it still scans reliably.
Comparisons
- iPhone Camera vs a QR scanner app: do you need a separate app?The iPhone Camera already scans QR codes. What a scanner app adds (link safety checks, barcodes, history), and when the Camera is all you need.
Apps that can help
Each guide above works without any app. These are tools we make for the same jobs, and their pages list exactly what they do and cost.
