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Every family has that debate. “PhonePe is faster.” “No, Google Pay is safer.” “Paytm has better cashback.” Someone always has a story about a payment that got stuck on one app and went through instantly on another. Here’s what I tell people: for the basic job – sending money from your bank account – these … Read more
Last month, an uncle in our apartment WhatsApp group forwarded a file called “Traffic_Challan.apk”. Two people installed it. One of them lost money from his bank account the same evening. That’s the sad part – most dangerous apps don’t look dangerous. They look like a bill payment app, a “PDF scanner”, or a free version … Read more
A few years ago, I got stopped at a traffic check near Gachibowli. My licence was at home in another wallet. Mild panic. Then I remembered I had DigiLocker on my phone, opened it, showed the licence, and that was the end of it. That moment sold me on DigiLocker. It’s one of those genuinely … Read more
That little "Your storage is almost full" banner shows up on almost every phone in my family. Usually it appears right when someone's at a wedding with 400 new photos to back up. Before you rush to buy a Google One plan – or worse, start deleting things randomly – let's slow down. There's usually … Read more
Getting a new phone is exciting. Opening WhatsApp on it and seeing zero chats – years of family photos, voice notes from your grandmother, that one important document someone sent you in 2021 – is not. I've helped enough friends rescue lost WhatsApp chats to know this happens a lot, and almost always because of … Read more
UPI is honestly one of the best things to happen to everyday payments in India. My neighbourhood tea stall takes it, the vegetable vendor takes it, my mother takes it from her cousins. But because everyone uses it, scammers love it too. The good news? Almost every UPI scam depends on one of a handful … Read more
In India, WhatsApp isn't just an app – it's the family group, the office, the society committee, the kirana store, and sometimes the bank sending you OTP alerts. Which also means your phone number is in the hands of a lot of people you've never met. Most of us installed WhatsApp years ago and never … Read more