What has been added to the practice site — newest first.
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Screening out nuisance callers: the calls station now shows how you can screen out numbers that keep bothering you — on a FRITZ!Box, an iPhone or an Android phone — and where to report such calls. On a FRITZ!Box they go to the answering machine: your phone stays quiet, and anyone added by mistake can still leave a message.
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No magic: how does a computer actually work? The new house takes you floor by floor from the power in the basement to the AI under the roof — hands-on, with no test. Along the way, some traps lose their power to scare: a sender is only text, and a virus warning in the browser is only painted on the screen. The matching floor also appears at the end of the inbox and pop-ups stations. Only your browser remembers which floors you’ve finished.
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Current warnings: the box on the home page and the course page now says it plainly: you don't need to follow every warning. Scams change, the levers behind them don't — and those are what you practise here.
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More variety in refreshers: the refresher now also brings back pop-ups, phone calls and shopping — cases from exactly the stations that are due. The reminder only appears once you've done the whole course; until then, “Refresher due” sits quietly on the station.
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Current warnings and passing it on: the home page and the course page now have a box linking to sites that regularly warn about real scams — Which? and Report Fraud. At the end of every station you can pass the exercise on: tap the name for someone else, and on a phone the button opens the share menu. Nothing is stored. The page Asking AI for advice now links to a background article on lostcontext.ai.
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For returning visitors: the home page and the course page now show what's new since you last practised. When a finished station gets new cases, it says “1 new case” and one click takes you straight there. The start button leads to your next open station, and new terms in the glossary carry a “new” label for a month. All of this stays in your browser.
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Shown your ID? The emergency plan has a new step for when you've shown a scammer your ID or sent a photo of it. You can practise it on the phone: fake tech support calls again, promises a refund and wants to see your ID on camera. Also new: an emergency drill, a case about ID copies and three terms in the glossary: identity fraud, video ID check and money mule.
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Glossary search: the security glossary now has a search box. It also searches the explanations, and a few matches open by themselves. New term: “Explorer” — with a tip on spotting disguised programs such as “invoice.pdf.exe”.
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As an app and on the go: on the course page you can now put Practice makes safe on your home screen as an app — with its own button and steps for Android and iPhone. Next to it: why it's a warning sign when a site urges you to install its “app”. If you like, your browser can save every page on your device. They then open without a connection too, the emergency plan included.
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Larger text: three “A” buttons in the header make the text larger — on every page, without going into your browser settings. Your browser remembers the choice. Small notes and the addresses you check in the exercises are larger too.
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Two paths: the course now has two parts. “Spotting traps” has seven stations, with On the phone and Shopping and paying new. The new path “Being prepared” has five: Passwords, The second key, Family agreements, Devices and accounts and An emergency drill, with an emergency card to print.
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Calls you can hear: in the simulated calls the caller now speaks out loud — press “Listen” for one line or “With sound” for the whole call. The voices are synthetic. Why they sound like a computer is explained below the exercise.
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Going further: three exercises for anyone who wants to keep going — Spot the signs, Build the trap and Helping others.
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Also new: the address duel shows the same pattern once with real domain endings. The warning pop-ups include two more scare messages. The security glossary has six new terms. The emergency page is no longer a station but the page to turn to when something has gone wrong.
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New in the inbox: a blackmail email that threatens to release supposed videos. That makes eleven emails in the inbox.
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The practice site is open: six stations — pop-ups, texts, the address duel, the inbox, the emergency plan and asking AI — plus a practice record, a class mode for groups and the security glossary. Free, no account, no tracking.