# 1Password's back-to-school tips for the digital world

DevFeed: [1Password's back-to-school tips for the digital world](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/1password-s-back-to-school-tips-for-the-digital-world-1922.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://1password.com/blog/getting-started-students-and-families>)

Author: info@1password.com (1Password)

Published: 2026-08-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog on 1Password Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-on-1password-blog.md>)

Topics: [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Digital Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-security.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Claude](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [digital-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-security.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/passwords.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [tips-advice](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tips-advice.md>)

## AI overview

1Password's back-to-school guide offers parents and students practical advice for staying secure and organized in the digital world. It focuses on evaluating AI tools, protecting personal information and passwords, avoiding phishing and password reuse, and building safer online habits.

## Source excerpt

It happened again. We blinked, and suddenly summer's over and it's time to register for classes. The horror! While the start of a new school year has always been a stressful time for parents and students, the growing number of accounts, apps, and devices students have been responsible for in recent years has made it even more complicated. To help manage the stress, 1Password is sharing our favorite back-to-school security tips for parents and students of all ages, so you can start the 2026 school year secure and organized. School security 101: From AI to user IDs With more AI tools emerging every day, it can be difficult to track which ones are trustworthy. AI tools and agents need access to a lot of data in order to function; AI adopters, and concerned parents, should take care about what data is being shared with the AI. It's worth learning what AI-based tools your kids are using, and educating them about what kinds of information they should never share with a chatbot. That includes sensitive personal information, but it also includes things like passwords, which no AI user should paste directly into a chat window just because a helpful-seeming agent asked for them. Tools like 1Password for Claude offer a safe way for the AI power users in your family to experiment with agents. For any parents, whether your kids are entering elementary school or going off to college for the first time, they can benefit from a talk about AI tools and online safety. You don't have to scare your kids away from technology, nor should you try to control everything they do online. Instead, set them up for success with knowledge and preparation. 💡Heading to college or university? Check out our blog, A college student's guide to better digital security. Make strong passwords a habit now Despite the perception that young people today are tech-savvy, that doesn't mean they're secure. With apps for school, home, and socializing, the average student is creating more accounts than they can po