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Explainers and analysis

Longer pieces on how fraud is changing in India, what the numbers show, and what actually protects people. Written for readers, not for specialists.

Analysis 7 min read

Why the first hour decides whether your money comes back

Recovery in cyber fraud is almost entirely a question of speed. Here is what actually happens to the money after it leaves your account, and why the window is measured in hours.

Explainer 9 min read

Digital arrest: the script, line by line

The calls are unusually consistent. Read the sequence once and it stops working on you, which is the only defence that reliably holds.

Data 6 min read

What the complaint numbers do and do not tell us

Reported cyber fraud keeps rising. Some of that is more fraud, and some of it is more reporting. Separating the two matters for where awareness effort goes.

Practical 5 min read

Setting up a phone for a parent who is a new internet user

Twenty minutes of setup removes most of the attack surface. A checklist you can work through on someone else's phone this weekend.

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