Most kitchen habits feel safe just because they’re familiar. Food safety experts see it differently.

Here are the five things Consumer Reports’ food safety director never does. He never rinses raw chicken, since that just splashes bacteria around your sink and counters instead of removing it.

He never uses the same cutting board for raw meat and produce without washing it in between. He never guesses if food is done, a meat thermometer settles it every time.

He never leaves leftovers out past two hours, and never trusts a sniff test over a use-by date on anything risky. Small habits, real protection.

Every privacy setting on the app matters, but a tech security expert says start with three. Turn off contact syncing, so the app stops matching your phone contacts to other accounts. Turn on two-factor authentication, so logging in from a new device needs both your password and a code sent to you, which blocks most account takeovers cold. Set your liked videos to private, since that list can reveal a lot more about you than it seems. All three live in Settings and Privacy, take about two minutes total, and close the gaps that matter most.