SAFE BY DESIGN · EPISODE 02

The Pop-Up That Wouldn't Go Away

The warning had a countdown and a number to call. The tablet was fine. The urge to obey it was the real problem.

Safe by Design, episode 2: The Pop-Up That Wouldn't Go Away. The family tablet inside an open ring; "The red screen" stops at a yellow pause sign: Loud pop-up? Close and tell.

Riya was halfway through a quote for a wedding-card order when Arjun walked in holding the family tablet out like a plate of something gone off. The screen was red, and it was beeping.

He had been looking up volcano facts for homework. One search result later, a box filled the screen: serious problems, don't close this page, download a repair app or call a helpline. A clock in the corner counted down from five minutes.

“Mumma, I pressed the X three times. It keeps coming back. Did I break it?”

Arjun, 9

Riya's stomach turned over. Her work email was still signed in on this tablet. Client files. Invoices. Four minutes.

She had her phone in her hand before she realised what she was doing.

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