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If you use “Sign in with Google” to access other tools and websites, have you thought about what happens if that account is taken away from you? Google now uses AI to continuously scan accounts for policy violations, and since October 2025, accounts can be terminated in a single automated step with no warning.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ How your Google account connects to every service you sign into with it
➡️ Real examples of accounts terminated by automated AI enforcement, including a manga artist, a developer, and a father cleared by police
⚡ Why the appeal process is largely a dead end, with first appeals routinely rejected within minutes
✨ Charly’s own experience with a client’s paid Workspace account being terminated after a hack
❗ The mindset shift: treat your provider like infrastructure you rent, not a relationship you have

Start auditing what you log into with your Google account today, because if that single point of failure goes, everything connected to it goes with it.

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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Full names, dates of birth, places of birth, passport numbers, government account IDs - some of this data can never be changed. You can reset a password, but you cannot reset your date of birth. France Titres, the national digital ID system, was hacked in April, and the attacker was a 15-year-old. Now imagine what a nation state with serious money could do.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ How France Titres was compromised and what data was exposed
➡️ Why some of that data is permanent and can never be reset
⚡ The whack-a-mole reality of keeping systems secure
✨ How patch notes meant for developers also give hackers a roadmap
⭐ Why de-identification does not protect centralised data sets
❗ Practical steps to reduce your blast radius as a business owner

Build it and they will come. When you centralise sensitive data into one system, you create a target worth hitting. The same principle applies at every scale, including your business.

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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Your Google account keeps a detailed log of your activity - from map searches and phone calls to what you have been watching on TV. If you have not checked your privacy settings, there is a good chance all of that data is being collected right now.

In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ How to access your Google activity log at myactivity.google.com
➡️ What Google tracks across Maps, Android TV, Assistant, and more
⚡ How to filter your activity by product and date
✨ Turning off web and app activity and deleting old data
☑️ Setting up auto-delete so your history does not build up forever
⭐ The trade-offs between privacy and useful features like timeline
❗ How to turn off personalised ads in your Google account

Take control of your Google privacy settings and make informed decisions about what you allow to be tracked.

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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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If your favourite WordPress plugins have changed hands in recent years, you may have noticed something shifting. Higher prices, slower support, and founders walking away from the products they built. In this episode, Charly covers:

✅ Why private equity companies acquire plugins for profit, not passion
➡️ What you actually receive when you pay for a WordPress plugin licence
⚡ The difference between founder-led support and PE-backed help desks
⭐ How to audit your site and assess the risk profile of your plugins
❗ Evaluating your return on investment on the tools your business depends on

This is about making informed decisions. Know what is on your site, who owns it, and whether you are still getting value for what you are paying.

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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Cybercrime is on track to become a $12 trillion problem by 2031, and the criminals behind it are not just targeting your technology - they are targeting your brain. In this episode, Charly sits down with cybersecurity expert Robert Siciliano to unpack how organised crime exploits our natural instinct to trust, and what you can do to become a tougher target.

In this episode, Charly and Robert discuss:

✅ What the “human blind spot” is and why scammers use it against you
➡️ How organised crime uses human trafficking to run global scam operations
⚡ Why manufactured urgency in emails, texts and calls bypasses your logic
⭐ The difference between security awareness and security appreciation
✨ How to become a “strategic human firewall” in your business and life
❗ Practical steps you can take right now to protect yourself and your team

Criminals want you to do nothing - so do something. Start with a password manager and two-factor authentication today.

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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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