Byteproof Parenting

Your child is a digital native.Are you just a tourist?

I secure networks for a living. These are the seven things I set up in my own house, written out for yours. Free, and you can do the first one tonight.

Ten pages, no signup wall, no course pitch. One click unsubscribes you.

It is yours

Here is the guide. I will email you when I have something worth sending, which is not often.

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The part nobody plans for

Two ways parents lose

Most of us end up in one of these without deciding to. I have been in both, in the same week.

The Tyrant

Bans everything. Phone gone, router off, apps deleted. The kid just learns to hide better.

The Ghost

Ignores everything. Too technical, too fast, not my thing. The kid learns from strangers instead.

There is a third way

You do not need to know more than your kid. You need them to come to you first. Everything in the guide is built around that one idea.

What is inside

The seven pillars

Each one is a principle, then the exact things to do, then the conversation that makes it stick.

  1. Guarding against online predatorsThe red flags, and the one policy that keeps them talking to you
  2. Mastering privacyThe billboard test, tags, location, and the friend list
  3. Combating cyberbullyingStop, block, tell. And what to keep as evidence.
  4. Safe browsing and downloadsThe habits that travel with them when your filters do not
  5. Strong, secure passwordsWhy length beats cleverness, and the toothbrush rule
  6. Spotting scams and phishingUrgency is the tell. Verify through another channel.
  7. Screen time and well-beingThe family plan, device-free zones, and protecting sleep
Who wrote this

I am the dad, and I am the hacker

Byteproof Parenting book cover

I am Bruno Airosa Cabrera, a cybersecurity professional and a parent in St Johns, Florida.

For years I heard the same joke from other parents. Can you hack my son's Facebook? It always got a laugh, and it told me two things they had not noticed they were saying.

Most of those sons had not opened Facebook in years. They were watching the wrong door. And a parent who wants to break into their own child's account has already lost the conversation.

So I wrote the better answer. Byteproof Parenting is 147 pages, published in 2026, with a foreword by cybersecurity and privacy specialist Glen Sorensen. The seven pillars are the short version of it, and they are free.

Get it on Amazon or order a signed copy from me

If you need more than a guide

Work with me

Three ways, depending on how urgent it is. The first one costs nothing and it is where most people start.

The Incident Report

FreeWritten answer in 5 business days
  • Tell me what happened, in your own words
  • I read every one of these myself
  • You get the specific steps for your situation
  • No sales call attached
File a report

One hour with me

$350Live, one to one
  • We go through your actual devices and accounts
  • Your home network, configured while we talk
  • A plan for the conversation with your kid
  • Written summary afterward

School workshop

From $1,20060 min, 2 hours, or full day
  • Parents leave with their accounts already configured
  • Thirty minutes hands-on, phones out
  • Free guide for every family
  • English or Portuguese
Start tonight

Pick one pillar. Not seven.

The parent who runs one properly is ahead of the parent who read all seven and closed the file.

Ten pages, free. One click unsubscribes you.

It is yours

Here is the guide. I will email you when I have something worth sending, which is not often.

Download the 7 Pillars