Who Searchly is for — and why it matters.

Searchly protects a relationship between two people: the loved one who wants to keep using the web with confidence, and the family member who worries about them. Here's who benefits most.

Made for the people scammers target most.

The parent

Older adults, 65 and up

Anyone who finds modern browsers overwhelming, or who wants the web to feel calm — bigger text, fewer buttons, no pop-up chaos.

The target

People targeted by scams

Phishing emails, fake virus pop-ups, fake tech-support calls, gift-card demands, prize and bank-impersonation cons.

Recovering trust

Anyone scammed once already

Being caught once shakes your confidence online. Searchly is a gentle way to get it back — and to make sure it never happens again.

Accessibility

Low vision or mild cognitive decline

Large text, a clean layout, reader mode and calm, plain-English wording make the whole web easier to use.

The caregiver

The son or daughter who worries

You set up the computer, you get the worried calls. Searchly lets you protect a parent without taking over or being on call around the clock.

Living independently

Loved ones living alone

When you can't be there in person, "Ask my family" puts you one tap away — a second pair of eyes from anywhere.

Illustrative case studies

Everyday scams, stopped before the damage.

These are illustrative examples — a typical day for the kind of person Searchly is built for — showing how each feature works when it matters most.

The bank text that wasn't from the bank

Margaret, 72 — lives alone, banks online

The risk

Margaret gets a text: "Barclays: a new payee was added. If this wasn't you, verify now." The link opens a page that looks exactly like her bank's login.

How Searchly helps

Searchly flags the lookalike domain, shows no verified badge, and — as she moves to type her password — runs a Quick safety check. Unsure, she taps "Ask my family."

The outcome

Her son sees the page on his phone, recognises the scam, and taps "Not safe." Searchly closes the page. Margaret never types a thing. Her savings stay hers.

The fake virus warning

Robert, 78 — reads the news every morning

The risk

A red full-screen page shouts that his computer is infected and he must call a number now. It's the classic fake tech-support scam.

How Searchly helps

Searchly recognises the page by how it reads — even though it's brand new — and replaces the panic with a calm card: this looks like a scam, and no real company works this way.

The outcome

Robert closes the tab and carries on reading. No phone call, no stranger given remote access, no gift cards bought "to fix it."

The bank login that checked with family

Dorothy, 69 — and her daughter, two towns away

The risk

Dorothy needs to pay a bill, but a phone caller is pressuring her to log in and "move her money to a safe account" right now.

How Searchly helps

Her bank login is flagged "Ask family first." Before it fills, her daughter gets a one-tap approval request on her phone — and a chance to ask what's going on.

The outcome

The daughter calls, realises Dorothy is being scammed on the other line, and stops it. The password was never seen by anyone — not even shown on screen.

Getting confidence back after a scam

Alan, 74 — lost money to a scam last year

The risk

Since being caught out, Alan is nervous about doing anything online — even paying for shopping he trusts. His world has quietly shrunk.

How Searchly helps

Verified-site badges reassure him when a site really is genuine, everyday logins just work, and "Ask my family" is always there for the moments he's unsure.

The outcome

Alan is back to shopping, reading and video-calling — using the web on his own terms, with a safety net he can lean on when he needs it.

The caller who said "use a different browser"

George, 76 — got a call from fake "tech support"

The risk

A caller claims George's computer has a problem and tells him to "close Searchly and open Chrome instead" so they can help — the classic trick to slip past the browser's protections.

How Searchly helps

George's son had switched on Block other web browsers, locked behind the caregiver PIN. Chrome and Edge simply won't open on the account, and no one on the phone can turn the setting off.

The outcome

With nowhere to send him, the scam falls apart. George stays inside Searchly — where scam warnings, verified badges and "Ask my family" still have his back — and rings his son instead of the stranger.

A safety net, not surveillance.

The goal was never to watch over someone or take the web away from them. It's to leave them fully independent — and make sure that when a scammer comes calling, they're never facing it alone.

— The Searchly design philosophy

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