22 Oct 2026 · COLLECTION

Is your personal information safe when you use a virtual assistant?

A school, bank or business chat service can make an everyday task easier. Knowing what to share and what protection to ask for can help you use it more safely.

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Do you use your bank’s or your child’s school’s assistant? What it can access and how you use the conversation matter too. Swipe for advice for users and businesses. Use official channels, share only what is needed and protect passwords. Organisations should limit access, explain how conversations are handled and arrange authorised assessments. Ethical hacking helps identify weaknesses, fix them and check protection. The bank and school examples are illustrative, rather than incidents attributed to an institution. What would you want an organisation to explain before you used its chat? For more content, visit: https://redes-jdonascimento.pages.dev/en/ #CyberSecurity #DataProtection #EthicalHacking Resources: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/respond-recover/phishing https://portswigger.net/web-security/llm-attacks

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Do you use your bank’s or your child’s school’s assistant? What it can access and how you use the conversation matter too. See the images for advice for users and businesses. Use official channels, share only what is needed and protect passwords. Organisations should limit access, explain how conversations are handled and arrange authorised assessments. Ethical hacking helps identify weaknesses, fix them and check protection. The bank and school examples are illustrative, rather than incidents attributed to an institution. What would you want an organisation to explain before you used its chat? For more content, visit: https://redes-jdonascimento.pages.dev/en/ #CyberSecurity #DataProtection #EthicalHacking Resources: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/respond-recover/phishing https://portswigger.net/web-security/llm-attacks

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1/5 Does your bank or school assistant protect your data? Security depends on what it can access and the organisation’s controls. Illustrative examples. #CyberSecurity #AI 2/5 As a user: open the official app or website, share only what is needed and do not paste passwords or codes into the chat. If unsure, ask a person. #DataProtection #CyberSecurity 3/5 If you shared passwords in a suspicious interaction, change them through the official service. If you gave banking details or codes, contact your bank. Guidance: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/respond-recover/phishing 4/5 Business: limit access, check identity, explain conversation use and assign someone who can stop the service. Arrange authorised assessments and verify fixes. #EthicalHacking #CyberSecurity 5/5 Learn to protect: accounts, permissions and authorised labs. Resources: https://portswigger.net/web-security/llm-attacks More content: https://redes-jdonascimento.pages.dev/en/ #EthicalHacking #DataProtection

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