Koriva Blog
Practical, plain-language articles on child and senior safety, avoiding scams, online threats and being ready for emergencies.
Set up well, location sharing brings a family peace of mind; set up badly, it brings anxiety and mistrust. This guide explains with whom, how much and how to share location, and why safe zones beat staring at a map all day.
Giving a child their first phone is less a question of age than of readiness. This guide explains step by step how to tell whether your child is ready, how to set the phone up on day one and how to agree on the rules together.
The screen time debate often gets stuck on "how many hours". Yet just as important as the amount is when screens are used, for what, and what they replace. This article brings together age-based recommendations and rules that genuinely work at home.
Walking to school alone is one of the most important steps on a child's road to independence. This guide explains how to judge readiness, how to learn the route together and how to use technology in a way that builds trust rather than anxiety.
Online games are both entertainment and a social space for children. But in-game chat, spending on virtual currency and promises of "free in-game money" carry risks parents should know about. This guide goes through the risks and the precautions you can take, one by one.
Cyberbullying is playground bullying that follows a child all the way home: it does not stop when the bell rings, it goes into the bedroom with the phone. This guide covers recognising the signs, talking to your child the right way and the steps to take.
Online grooming is the process in which an adult builds a relationship of trust with a child online and prepares them for abuse. It usually starts with someone patient, polite and "understanding". This guide is written to help you spot it early and protect your child.
A photo or a video call can turn into blackmail within seconds. Sextortion is a fast-moving, devastating crime that targets young people. This guide walks a teenager or parent who is going through it right now through the next steps.
A hijacked email account can open the door to social media, banking, cloud photos and your children's accounts. This guide explains in plain language how to use passwords, two-step verification and passkeys to protect your family's digital accounts.
Our elderly parents value their independence; we want to know they are safe. In this guide we explain how you can support them while respecting their autonomy, from home safety and scams to a daily "I'm OK" signal and an emergency plan.
A relative with dementia leaving home and losing their way is one of families' greatest fears. This guide explains why wandering happens, what you can do at home, how technology can help and the first steps to take if your relative goes missing.
"Your account has been linked to a criminal investigation, and we need to move your money to a safe account." Calls that start like this cost thousands of people their savings every year. This guide walks you through the scripts, the warning signs and what to do.
"Your parcel could not be delivered", "Your account has been suspended", "Congratulations, you've won a prize!" Each of these messages may be designed to steal your personal details and your money with a single tap. In this guide you will learn to recognise fake messages and sites.
Your child's voice on the phone: crying, saying they are in trouble and asking for money right away. But it is not them calling. AI can imitate someone's voice from a recording just a few seconds long. This guide explains this new scam and the simplest defence against it: a family password.
Scammers target older people because they are often kinder, more trusting and more likely to have savings at home. This guide explains the most common scripts and how to protect your older relatives without frightening them or hurting their pride.
When everyone in a family knows where to meet, whom to contact and what to do in a disaster, panic drops and lives can be saved. This guide walks you step by step through a family emergency plan you can prepare in a few hours.
A child who vanishes from sight for a moment at a shopping centre, a teenager who does not come home at the expected time… Panic is natural in moments like these, but the right steps in the first minutes matter enormously. This guide covers both what to do at the time and what you can prepare in advance.
Only the family manager uses Koriva; children and older relatives grant permissions once and then never need to open the app. This guide walks you through setting Koriva up step by step, from first setup to safe zones, screen time rules and the daily summary.
A family safety app touches a family's most sensitive data: location, messages, usage habits. That is why "what does it not collect" matters as much as "what does it collect". In this article we explain how we designed Koriva by first deciding what it would not collect.