Practical Tools for Everyday Technology
These interactive tools are designed to help you make clearer decisions about privacy, digital habits, devices, and connected technology. Each one turns a common technology question into a practical set of checks, choices, or next steps you can use in real life.
Privacy & Security
Protect accounts, devices and personal informationPersonal Privacy Exposure Checkup
Review everyday privacy habits across accounts, devices, browsers, apps and online activity to identify areas that may deserve attention.
Start the checkupApp Permission Decision Helper
Think through whether an app's requested permissions make sense for what the app actually needs to do before granting access.
Review an app30-Minute Phone Privacy Audit
Work through a focused privacy review covering the settings and access controls that are easy to overlook on a phone.
Run the auditDigital Wellness & Habits
Understand patterns before changing themDigital Distraction Pattern Analyzer
Examine the situations that commonly interrupt your attention and identify practical changes that may reduce unnecessary digital distractions.
Analyze your patternScreen-Time Pattern Planner
Build a realistic screen-time plan around work, communication, entertainment and the parts of your day where you want fewer interruptions.
Build a planEveryday Technology
Make better decisions about devices and connectivityOld Device Decision Planner
Assess an older phone, tablet or computer using age, performance, battery condition, software support and repair considerations.
Assess a deviceHome Wi-Fi Troubleshooter
Narrow down common home Wi-Fi problems by looking at affected devices, distance, connection behavior and when the problem occurs.
Troubleshoot Wi-FiSmart Home & Connected Living
Plan automation around real routinesSmart Home Automation Priority Planner
Identify which everyday routines could benefit from automation before buying more connected devices or building a complicated smart-home setup.
Plan your automationUse the tools as a starting point
The results from these tools are intended to help organize your thinking and highlight areas worth checking. They are not substitutes for device documentation, professional advice, security assessments, or manufacturer guidance where those are appropriate.