Lesson 8 of 8
Staying safe: your habits
6 min read
You've seen the risks — injection, leaks, deepfakes, scams. The reassuring part: you don't defend against each one separately. A handful of habits handles almost all of it.
Think before you paste
The single most useful habit: before pasting anything into an AI, sort it — safe to share, needs redacting first, or simply don't. Public info is fine; personal details get stripped; secrets and other people's data stay out.
One question — "should this be in the box?" — prevents most leaks before they start.
Verify, and keep control
Two more habits round it out. Verify anything surprising an AI tells you or any urgent request that reaches you — through a second, trusted source. And keep control: read what an assistant is about to do before letting it act, especially where money or data is involved.
Sort before sending, verify before trusting, review before acting — three habits, most risks covered.
None of this makes AI scary — it makes it dependable. The same instincts you use online already carry over: pause, check, then proceed.
Your three habits
- —Sort what you share: safe, redact, or don't.
- —Verify surprises and urgent asks on a second channel.
- —Review an assistant's actions before it acts.
Which single habit prevents the most everyday AI trouble?
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