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Sometimes DIY tech makes sense - especially when you’re starting out or testing a new process. But there comes a point where doing it yourself is costing you more than hiring someone who knows what they’re doing. The trick is recognising when you’ve hit that point.
In this episode, Charly covers:
✅ Why tech marketing sets unrealistic expectations about what you can do yourself
➡️ The real costs hiding behind the DIY and budget route
⚡ Why cheap providers do what’s easiest, not what’s right for your business long-term
⭐ How to recognise when you’ve outgrown the DIY stage
✨ The mindset shift - knowing when it’s time to bring in a specialist
Sometimes doing it yourself makes sense. Knowing when to stop is what matters.
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Life is busy and there's just so many things to remember. What tools do you use to help you keep on top of ALL the things?
It's easy to react or respond quickly to messages and the like. It's better to do that mindfully. That's why I try to Practice The Pause.
Cyber security training works best when people actually want to do it. Craig Taylor, CISSP and co-founder of Cyber Hoot, has spent 30 years proving that rewarding good behaviour, recognising effort and making training feel like play gets better results than any amount of pressure. In this conversation, Charly sits down with Craig to explore how positive reinforcement and gamification are reshaping cyber security training for small businesses.
Craig's background in psychology gives him a clear lens on why rewarded behaviours are repeated, and why leaderboards, small wins and open-book learning lift engagement across entire organisations.
In this episode, Charly and Craig cover:
✅ Why rewarded behaviours are the ones that stick
➡️ How gamification lifts engagement from leadership to front-line staff
⚡ The PAR method - Pause, Assess, Report - for handling suspicious messages
⭐ Why leaderboards unexpectedly engaged the C-suite
✨ How AI is making phishing attacks harder to spot
☑️ When small businesses ...
If you use Google Chrome, there could be a hidden AI model sitting on your computer right now - and you were never asked or told about it. Google has been silently downloading Gemini Nano onto users’ devices, taking up storage, using bandwidth, and raising serious privacy questions.
In this episode, Charly covers:
✅ What Gemini Nano is and how it ended up on your device without consent
➡️ How Google profiled your hardware before deciding to push the download
⚡ The contradiction between Google’s “local processing” claims and their general AI privacy policies
⭐ Why having an AI model sitting alongside your personal and business data is a real concern
Your computer, your data, your choice. If Google will install AI without telling you, it is time to ask what else they are doing with your information.
Alexander Hanf’s full forensic analysis: https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
HOW TO CHECK AND REMOVE GEMINI NANO
BACK UP FIRST
1. Check whether the model is on your machine....
Gmail Confidential Mode sounds impressive, but does it actually keep your sensitive emails private? If you send client details, contracts or personal information through Gmail, you need to understand what this feature really does and where it falls short.
In this episode, Charly covers:
✅ What Gmail Confidential Mode does and how to switch it on
➡️ How to set expiry dates and passcode protection on emails
⚡ The restrictions it places on forwarding, copying, printing and downloads
⭐ What happens when you send confidential emails to non-Gmail users
❗ The things it cannot stop, including screenshots, photos and retyping
✨ Whether it is suitable for genuinely sensitive business communications
Gmail Confidential Mode is a useful tool for limiting casual sharing, but it is not true encryption or security. Watch the walkthrough to see exactly how it works and decide if it fits your business needs.
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