10 New AI and Tech Safety Tips

This month brought AI that joins meetings, faster models running agents, and camera glasses with built-in assistants. Each one is useful, and each one creates new ways to leak data or get tricked. These tips cover the new risks.

Convenience is not the same as safety. Check the settings before you trust the feature.

1 · Get consent before AI joins a call

AI meeting assistants such as Claude Meetings save transcripts and summaries. Tell everyone first and follow local recording laws.

2 · Review auto-join settings

Auto-join is handy, but it can bring an assistant into sensitive calls. Turn it off for one-to-ones, HR, legal, and health calls.

3 · Check invites before you join

Attackers send fake meeting links and fake “update your app” prompts during calls to install malware. Join only from your own calendar and never install software mid-call.

4 · Limit what agents can do

Prompt injection, hidden instructions in web pages and files, cannot be fully solved yet. Give agents only the access they need and keep approvals on for payments, sending, and deleting.

5 · Verify business profiles in AI chats

When a business appears inside an AI chat, look for its verified profile and check the website before sharing personal details.

6 · Keep money apps read-only

When you connect bank accounts to an AI assistant, choose read-only access where offered and never let it move money without your approval.

7 · Type shopping links yourself

Holiday deal ads and messages can lead to fake stores. Type the retailer’s address yourself and pay by credit card for better protection.

8 · Never share one-time codes

No real company, bank, or support agent will ask for the code they just sent you. Anyone who asks is trying to take over your account.

9 · Respect people around smart glasses

New AI glasses have cameras and a recording light. Ask before recording people, and take them off in private spaces.

10 · Set a family code word

Voice cloning makes fake emergency calls convincing. Agree on a secret word with family and ask for it before sending money.

• AI meeting settings reviewed
• Agent permissions trimmed
• Money apps read-only
• Family code word agreed