Shiraz Kotwall

Technesium is a technology company which offers a variety of products & services for the home user as well as companies.

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Google AI Pro free for 18 months on Jio. Jio values it at ₹35,100.

Eligibility: Jio SIM, 18+, active unlimited 5G plan of ₹349 or above.

Claim it in MyJio → Google Gemini offer banner.

⚠️ AI-generated video.

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Some retention isn't a product decision at all.

Deleted chats normally clear within ~30 days. Except: legal obligations, disputes, Usage Policy violations.

And under zero data retention, safety classifier results are still kept.

None of these are switches.

23/30.

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Three more years. Most people already keep a phone that long.

Slow is usually software. Dead by 4pm is the battery.

A battery costs a fraction of a phone and fixes most of what you feel.

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You can opt out of training. You cannot opt out of safety review.

Flagged for a policy violation?
Inputs and outputs: up to 2 years.
Classification scores: up to 7 years.
And flagged material is a listed training source.

Published policy, not a loophole.

22/30.

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A ₹500 "traffic fine" cost one man ₹34.75 lakh.

The fake e-challan SMS looks perfect — then it asks you to install an APK. That's the scam.

A real challan NEVER asks you to install an app.

Check: https://t.co/NycQD0KmiI

⚠️ AI-generated reconstruction.

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Wireless earbuds. The most searched gadget, and the most oversold.

Try the fit. Ignore the codec.

Fit beats every specification. Bad fit kills bass and noise cancelling.

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"You are under digital arrest."

No such thing exists in Indian law.

The tell is always the same: they keep you on camera and tell you not to speak to anyone. That isolation IS the scam.

Hang up. Ring the real number yourself.

⚠️ AI-generated reconstruction, not real footage.

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Privacy settings control what's KEPT. None change what's SENT.

There's no on-device Claude. To answer you at all, your message goes to the servers.

"I turned training off" and "nothing leaves my device" are very different statements.

21/30.

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AI photo editors. You upload a face. Then what?

A free editor is paid for with your photos.

Read one line before uploading: what they keep, and for how long.

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Your data isn't locked inside Claude.

Settings → Privacy → "Export data" gets you a full copy. Link arrives by email, lasts 24h.

Rights: access, delete, portability, object or correct.

EU and California users hold these in law.

20/30.

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Where your AI runs. Some of it never leaves. Most of it does.

If it needs the internet, it left your phone.

Anything that answers instantly with no signal is running locally.

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Linked Google Drive or Slack to Claude? Worth 30 seconds.

Settings → Connectors
Disconnect anytime — access goes instantly.
Only connect what you use.

Connector content isn't used for training, unless you paste it into the chat yourself.

19/30.

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The parcel that isn't. A small fee, a card form, and it is gone.

Real couriers do not text you a payment link.

Track any delivery in the app you ordered from. Never from a link.

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Want a Claude chat that leaves no trace? Tap the ghost icon.

Incognito:
Not saved to history.
Never used for training — even if "Help Improve Claude" is ON.
No memory.

The one exception to the training rule.

18/30.

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Aadhaar. EPFO. IRCTC. The names change. The last step never does.

Nobody legitimate ever needs your OTP.

LIC, Amazon, your bank - none of them will ever ask for the OTP.

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Claude can now remember you across chats.

Settings → Capabilities → "Generate memory from chat history"

Pause: keeps what it knows, adds nothing new.
Reset: wipes it permanently.

Incognito chats never touch memory.

17/30.

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Money never needs a PIN. Receiving is free. Entering a PIN means sending.

PIN to pay. Never PIN to receive.

If a screen asks for your UPI PIN, money is leaving, not arriving.

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Still slow? It's probably the battery.

As a battery ages, your phone deliberately throttles itself to stay stable. A worn battery feels exactly like a slow phone.

A battery costs ₹2,000. A new phone costs ₹30,000.

Series finale — post 5 of 5.

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Screen sharing. The moment you share, they are inside your bank.

Never share your screen with a caller.

No bank, telecom or app support has ever needed your screen.

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Your phone has been asking to restart since March.

Install what's pending — the update often IS the speed fix.
Restart weekly — a real one.
Clear one app's cache.

Two minutes. Post 4 of 5.