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Online safety — the set of skills that protect you from hackers, scammers, and data breaches — is one of the most valuable things you can learn right now. Most people only realize this after something goes wrong. A friend of mine got an email last year that looked exactly like it was from Microsoft. Same logo. Same font. Same "verify your account" message. She clicked the link. She typed her password. Two hours later, her email was gone, her files were inaccessible, and her saved passwords had been scraped. Not because she was reckless. Because no one had ever taught her what to actually look for. She spent 48 hours trying to undo the damage. According to the FBI's 2024 Internet Crime Report, victims of identity theft spend an average of 330 hours cleaning up the mess — that's more than 13 full days. And that's when things go well. The FTC received 6.47 million cybercrime reports in 2024 alone. Key Takeaways Online safety covers passwords, phishin...