How we check

Every article on technologytips.blog goes through the same five stages. We want you to know exactly how an answer got to you.

1. We find real problems

We watch what people are asking: search suggestions, rising searches and public help communities such as Reddit and Stack Exchange. We read those threads only to learn the problem in people's own words. We do not copy answers from them. We never quote, name or link a person who asked.

2. We research from official sources

Every step, menu path, price and version comes from an official source:

• the company's own help and documentation pages (Apple, Microsoft, Google, 1Password, Bitwarden, Backblaze and others),
• government and nonprofit guidance (CISA, NIST, the FTC, the EFF),
• the company's own pricing page for prices.

A forum post is never the source of a step. If the only place a step appears is a forum, we leave it out.

3. We check every step

Our system copies the exact lines it relies on from each source. It writes only from those lines. Then an automated check confirms that every link works, every number appears in its source, and every claim matches the source's words. We write "as of" and the month next to any version, price or menu path, because they change. If an official page says something can't be recovered, we say that kindly and tell you what to do instead.

4. We scan for safety

Every article and every AI Fix file is security-scanned before it goes live. The scan looks for risky commands, pipe-to-shell installs, hidden characters, links that are not to official sites, and any request for a secret. A fix file must carry our safety rules word for word: never paste secrets into a chat, stop before anything you can't undo, back up first, official sources only, never turn off security for good.

Some topics are held for a person to read before they publish: anything near account recovery on locked devices, stalkerware detection, or tools that touch system settings. Nothing about getting into someone else's account or device is ever published.

5. We say how it was made

Articles and fix files are researched and written with AI, then checked against the sources and scanned as above. Each article says how many official sources it used and the date it was checked. Articles are not individually reviewed by an IT professional. Read our disclaimer.

What we don't do

• We don't use affiliate links.
• We don't write fear stories.
• We don't invent people, readers or quotes.
• We don't help with piracy, cracked software, spying on a partner, or getting into someone else's account.

When we are wrong

Menus change. If a step doesn't match your screen, please stop and tell us. We correct articles in place and add a dated note at the end. See our editorial policy.