Tips for staying safe online Let’s talk cybersecurity! Over the last few years my elderly parents and relatives have become more and more involved with using Facebook and Whatsapp. The catalyst for this for my parents was the COVID 19 lockdowns. Their sense of isolation was made much less by being able to see what their friends and family were up to and to communicate with them on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis. So both parents were furnished with smart phones and taught how to have live chats with family and friends using Facebook messenger and video calling via Whattsapp. The learning part was a painful process on mine and my sisters’ part – we had to show them how to operate these apps in minute detail, probably talking them through the process at least 50 times until it eventually sunk in!! If my dad asks me one more time how to turn his phone torch on I may scream and run away. Despite the challenges, they are both happily video calling, sending texts, availing of Facebo