MODULE 15 — Privacy Settings Masterclass 🔒
Turn your accounts from “wide open” to “locked down” in minutes – across social media, YouTube and gaming.
Every toggle you touch below updates your Privacy Danger Meter in real-time.
🧪 Privacy Danger Meter
As you switch settings below (toggles & leak checker), this meter updates automatically.
🔴 0–40 Unsafe & exposed · 🟠 41–75 Needs work · 🟢 76–100 Strong protection
🔍 Profile Leak Checker
Tap each item to mark it as Safe or Risk. This also affects your score.
📘 Facebook – Step-by-Step Privacy Guide
Friends-only posting · Face recognition · Old posts · Location• Screen 1 – Where “Settings & Privacy” is
• Screen 2 – Privacy Checkup
• Screen 3 – Post audience selector
(You can replace this box later with real images.)
📸 Instagram – Lock Down Your Profile
Private account · Story sharing · Activity status · DMs• Private account toggle location
• Story privacy options
• “Activity status” screen
(Replace with real app images later.)
👻 Snapchat – Stop Location & Random Adds
Ghost Mode · Quick Add · Contact me settings🎵 TikTok – Prevent Data Harvesting
Private account · Contact sync · Downloads · Ads▶️ YouTube – History & Tracking Control
Watch history · Search history · Activity sharing🎮 Playstation / Xbox / Nintendo – Gaming & Voice Chat Safety
Friends list · Voice chat · Online status · Friend requests🤖 AI & Privacy – New Hidden Risks
Face scanning · Deepfakes · AI chat scams · Cloned voicesModern platforms don’t just store what you post – AI systems learn from your face, voice, words, and patterns.
Good privacy settings reduce how much “training data” someone can steal from your life.
🌈 Kids & Teens – Privacy Playground
Tap a picture below to learn a simple privacy rule:
🕶️ Shadow Profile Scanner (Simulation)
See what platforms might know about you… even if you never told them directly.Big platforms build a “shadow profile” from your behaviour, your friends’ uploads, and connected apps.
Possible data they infer about you:
🧠 Behavioural Tracking – More Than Just Posts
What you pause on · When you’re awake · What annoys youEven if your account is private, many apps still collect “behavioural data” in the background:
How long you stare at each post or video.
What time of day you’re usually online.
Posts that make you rage-comment or share.
Content you watch but never like or comment on.
Places you log in from, or check-ins.
What phone you use, signal strength, Wi-Fi type.
Strong privacy + limiting tracking = less data to profile and manipulate you.
📱 Phone OS Privacy Toolkit
iPhone & Android – tracking, permissions, and system-wide controls.Select your device:
⚠️ Dark Patterns – Traps in Privacy Menus
Tricks used to keep you oversharing and overtracked.“Dark patterns” are design tricks that nudge you to share more data than you really want to. Watch out for:
Rule of thumb: If a company makes privacy controls hard to find, they probably profit when you stay exposed.

