Vigil Learn

Short, plain-English lessons for a safer home. 23 lessons in 6 courses, free for everyone.

Each lesson takes about a minute. They explain what a home Wi-Fi checkup finds and what to do about it, with no tech skills needed. The same lessons are in the Vigil app, where they're picked to match your own checkup.

Your Checkup

Get the most from your weekly checkup

1. What does my safety score mean?
2. How often should I run a checkup?
3. Why didn't some checks run?
4. Why does the internet check say I'm on a VPN?

Your Wi-Fi And Router

Lock down the box that runs your home internet

1. Why does Vigil ask for my location?
2. My Wi-Fi is open or uses WEP. What do I do?
3. How do I find my router's model?
4. My router has known security holes. Now what?
5. Something is open to the internet. Is that bad?
6. What is UPnP and should I turn it off?
7. Why does Vigil care who runs my DNS?
8. My internet address is on a blocklist. Am I hacked?
9. My Wi-Fi is slow or unsteady. What helps?
10. Why didn't my router answer the connection test?

Devices

Know what's on your Wi-Fi and keep it safe

1. There's a device I don't recognize. What do I do?
2. A device has something risky turned on. Is it urgent?

Your iPhone

Simple settings that protect your phone

1. Do iOS updates really matter?
2. Why does my iPhone need a passcode?

Email And Passwords

Keep your accounts out of the wrong hands

1. My email was in a breach. What now?
2. How do I make strong passwords I can remember?
3. What is two-step sign-in?

Privacy And Plus

What Vigil keeps, and what Plus adds

1. What does Vigil keep about me?
2. What does Plus add?