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Digital life checklists

Moving to a new phone and a digital security review: access, backups, two-factor authentication. The kind of task that feels optional right up until the day a phone goes missing.

Lists in this section: 7

Backups: set them up once How to make your data survive failure and loss: three copies, automation, an off-site copy, passwords and codes, and a real restore test. Items inside: 14 Digital footprint audit What is available about you and how to tidy it: searching for yourself, listing accounts, privacy settings, old posts and app access, deleting the rest. Items inside: 14 Digital security checkup A twice-a-year digital security checkup: passwords, 2FA, backups, updates and an access review — no paranoia required. Items inside: 18 Inbox reset checklist How to get the mailbox under control: bulk-archive the old, four decisions per message, tasks into a task list, unsubscribes and filters, a checking rhythm. Items inside: 14 Lost phone: what to do What to do, in order: locate it and use lost mode, block the SIM, close banking and email, restore two-factor, file a report and recover on a new device. Items inside: 16 Selling your old phone How to prepare a phone for sale: backup and data transfer, two-factor, unlinking accounts, resetting in the right order, honest photos and a safe handover. Items inside: 17 Switching to a new phone A step-by-step move to a new phone with nothing lost: backups, 2FA and banking apps, eSIM, messengers, and safely retiring the old device. Items inside: 18

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