SAFE BY DESIGN · EPISODE 08

The Photo in the Background

This time the post was a proud parent's, and the one who spotted the problem was thirteen.

Safe by Design, episode 8: The Photo in the Background. The family tablet inside an open ring; "The first-day photo" stops at a yellow pause sign: Check the whole picture.

It had been the first day back at school, and Riya had the photo she wanted: Arjun on the front step in his new uniform, grinning, one shoe already untied. She was writing a caption for her studio's business page, where customers liked a glimpse of the family behind the prints.

Tara, waiting for her lift home, read over her shoulder. A week ago she had played the stranger game on her own profile. Now she tilted her head at the screen.

“Stranger game?”

Tara, 13

Riya laughed, then looked again. Properly this time, at everything except the smile.

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