Resources
Product decisions, safety thinking and announcements, written the same way our products are: mechanism first, no invented figures, limits stated.
Safety & Security9 min read
AI generated phishing, scam storefronts and rogue links appear faster than any blocklist can publish. Here is the case for browsers, search, antivirus, VPNs and AI assistants that reason about intent.
AI Agents7 min read
Software that acts on your behalf is being handed broad account access because that is the fastest way to make it work. The consequences of that shortcut are predictable.
Artificial Intelligence6 min read
Models small enough to run on a laptop or phone now handle a large share of everyday tasks. The interesting consequence is where data stops travelling.
Consumer Privacy6 min read
Browser security settings are usually spread across several menus, which means nobody reads them. We put safety, security and privacy controls on a single screen with plain descriptions.
Safety & Security5 min read
A warning that only says a site is dangerous teaches nothing and gets clicked through. We rewrote ours to state what was detected and what your options are.
Consumer Privacy4 min read
Learn practical mobile device privacy best practices to manage app permissions, secure network connections, and safeguard personal data on your phone.
Consumer Privacy4 min read
Learn practical habits and technical settings to protect your personal privacy when interacting with conversational AI and large language models.
Consumer Privacy5 min read
Sync, assistants, personalised feeds and location history all improve a product and all widen what is collected. Deciding case by case beats deciding once.
Enterprise Data7 min read
Regional rules, sovereign cloud offerings and AI processing pipelines have moved data location out of the procurement questionnaire and into system design.
Consumer Privacy6 min read
Sign-in without a shared secret removes the largest category of account theft. The remaining weak point is what happens when a person loses their devices.
Skills and Apps6 min read
Extensions, skills and apps ask for access at the moment people are least able to assess it. The wording of that request is a security control.
Safety & Security6 min read
Cheap synthesis has removed the awkward wording and the bad accent that used to give fraud away. The defence that survives is procedural, not perceptual.
Enterprise Data6 min read
Employees paste company data into whichever assistant is fastest. Blocking the popular ones moves the behaviour rather than stopping it. What actually reduces exposure.
AI Agents5 min read
Demonstrations show an agent succeeding. What matters is how it behaves when it is wrong, what it can reach, and whether you can tell afterwards what it did.
Artificial Intelligence6 min read
Signed capture data and generation disclosures are spreading across cameras, editors and platforms. They answer a narrower question than most people assume.
Safety & Security6 min read
An ordinary page loads code from a dozen companies. When one of those is compromised, every site including it is affected at once.
Skills and Apps5 min read
The tools with the most access to your accounts are usually the ones you forgot about. A short, repeatable review that takes about twenty minutes.
Safety & Security5 min read
A protection control nobody can reach is not a protection control. How we approach WCAG 2.2 AA in qikfox interfaces and on this website.
Consumer Privacy5 min read
Three promises are near-universal in security marketing and none of them survives scrutiny. A short note on why they do not appear on qikfox product pages.
Consumer Privacy6 min read
Safety & Security9 min read
Safety & Security5 min read
Safety & Security5 min read
Consumer Privacy5 min read
Enterprise Data7 min read
Enterprise Data6 min read
Artificial Intelligence6 min read
Artificial Intelligence6 min read
AI Agents7 min read
AI Agents5 min read
Skills and Apps6 min read
Skills and Apps5 min read
Consumer Privacy6 min read
Safety & Security6 min read
Safety & Security6 min read
Consumer Privacy5 min read
Official announcements.
In-depth safety explainers.
Reporting and disclosure practice.
Brand and media resources.
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