The eSafety Guide

Threads is a microblogging platform developed by Meta and available through Instagram that lets you share posts of 500 characters, including links, images and videos.

Snapchat is a messaging app that lets you send images, video or texts to friends. These images, video and text are only available for a short time before they disappear.

W App (also known as Slay) is a social media app for young people that lets you create a profile and interact with friends from your school by semi-anonymously posting and answering positive polls.

Facebook is a social media service, which lets you create a page about yourself, an organisation or group.

airG is a social chat and dating service where you can meet new people in your area, share updates and play games.

Alibi Security offer a range of video surveillance technologies. Brands include Alibi Witness, Alibi Vigilant, Alibi Cloud VS and HDVision.

Alexa is Amazon’s cloud-based voice assistant, which can be used with voice enabled devices from Amazon and other companies.

An Apple ID is a personal account used to access all Apple services and products.

BeReal is a photo sharing app that prompts you to share an unfiltered photo of yourself and your immediate surroundings once a day.

Bigo Live is a live streaming platform. It lets you live stream video content to other users and watch other people’s livestreams.

Bluesky is a community-orientated social media service that lets you post 300 characters of text, as well as images and video.

Bumble is a social media service used for friendship, dating and online networking that encourages women to make the first move.

ChatGPT and GPT-4 are artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots or language models built by OpenAI, which allow people to interact in a conversational way.

Christian Mingle is a dating website and app for people looking for a relationship centred on the Christian faith.

Cloudflare is a suite of secure online or cloud-based services designed for websites, APIs, corporate networks and distributed workforces.

eHarmony is a free dating website and app that uses an 80-question quiz to match you with potential dates based on your compatibility.

EliteSingles is a dating app designed for people over 30, with a university education, who are seeking long-term relationships.

Empower you is an app developed by NSW Police to support people experiencing domestic and family violence.

FetLife is a social network for the fetish (‘kink’) community, accessible via a mobile optimised website.

Foursquare City Guide is a free, location-based social media app that helps you find restaurants and bars in your area

Foursquare Swarm is a free, location-based social media app that helps you keep a record of the restaurants and bars you have visited.

Gas is a social media service for young people that lets you interact with your friends by semi-anonymously answering poll questions.

Gettr is a social media and microblogging service available globally through a website and dedicated apps.

A Google Account is an online account required to personalise results and sometimes access Google’s services and apps.

Google Assistant is the AI-powered and entirely cloud-based voice assistant used by many smart technologies, including Google Nest smart speakers and Android smartphones.

Grindr is a dating and meeting online app predominantly used by gay and bisexual men, and the trans community. It uses your device’s GPS to locate other users nearby.

happn is a location-based social media app which is mostly used as a dating service

Hello Tiger is a free dating app, similar to speed dating, which lets you interact with someone via one-minute video dates.

HER is an online dating service primarily used by female, non-binary and transgender people in the LGBTIQ+ community, who identify as lesbian, bi+ or queer.

Hinge is a dating app designed for people interested in longer term relationships.

Hornet is a social media network aimed at the LGBTIQ+ community.

HTC Vive is an app that lets you control virtual reality (VR) headsets through a smartphone.

Jack’d is a dating and meeting online app used by gay, bi, trans and queer people, which has a diverse community of users.

Jdate is a dating website and app for single Jewish people.

Kik is a social messaging app that allows you to send and receive content to people and groups you know, as well as people and groups you don’t know.

Life360 is a GPS phone locator and tracking app you can use with your family and friends to track each other’s movements.