Irresistible: Hooks, habits and why you can’t put down your phone

This article examines how smartphone and app design (convenience, infinite content feeds, dopamine-driven social validation, and constant notifications) fosters excessive use, contributing to poor sleep, social isolation, and diminished concentration, while also eroding security hygiene by increasing susceptibility to phishing, unsafe public Wi‑Fi use, password reuse, and dubious app installs; it encourages modeling healthy digital habits for children and recommends tools like ESET Parental Control and ESET Mobile Security to support safer device use.