Family Tech Safety Gifts You Can Set Up for Them

1. Proton Pass, the one to set up first

Proton Pass (opens in a new tab) is the one we'd start with for a parent, because the free plan is enough to live on. It stores unlimited logins, notes and credit cards, on unlimited devices, with apps for a browser, phone and computer, and it doesn't ask for a credit card. It can make a strong password, warn about weak or reused ones, fill logins in and import passwords they already saved in a browser.

The free plan limits them to 2 vaults (a vault is a folder for a group of logins), and they can share a vault with 2 other people. That's enough for one household to get going. Paid Pass Plus adds a built-in spot for two-step verification codes, sharing single items, Dark Web Monitoring, file attachments and Emergency Access.

On Proton's public Pass pricing page on Nov 10, 2026, Pass Plus was $1.99 a month, billed at $23.88 for the first 12 months, then $35.88 a year. Pass Family, for up to 6 people, was $2.79 a month, billed at $33.48 for the first 12 months, then $59.88 a year. Proton also says Pass Plus is 60% off the 12-month plan when you use our link, until Cyber Monday, Nov 30, 2026. Check the price and the renewal price at checkout before you pay. They can cancel a paid plan within 30 days and get the payment back.

If they already have a Proton account, they can sign in to Pass with it. For the side-by-side with NordPass, see Which Password Manager Should a Beginner Use?.

Good for: a parent who will use a phone and a computer, and who will actually let you install one app. Skip if: they already use Apple Passwords or Google Password Manager, with a different password on every site. Leave that alone, and spend the visit on two-step verification instead.

2. NordPass, including a Family plan if you need separate vaults

NordPass (opens in a new tab) comes from Nord Security, the company behind NordVPN. The free plan saves and fills in logins, but it allows only one active session on one device at a time. That's a poor fit if they have a phone and a laptop and you want both signed in. Premium removes that limit. The Family plan gives six people their own vault with the Premium features, which is the reason to pick it over a single Plus account if several relatives need space of their own. Personal paid plans come with 30 days to cancel and get the payment back.

We couldn't read NordPass's prices on its own pages, and we don't have a verified Black Friday offer for it, so we aren't quoting a dollar amount for Premium or Family. Check the checkout total and the renewal price.

Good for: a family that wants six separate vaults, or someone happy to pay so the app stays signed in on every device. Skip if: you want the free plan to work on two devices together. Proton Pass does that for $0.

3. NordVPN, one paid plan for the house and for visits

NordVPN (opens in a new tab) has no free plan. Every plan covers 10 devices at once, so one subscription can cover a parent's phone and laptop plus a couple of other devices in the house, or the devices they carry when they visit. Even the Basic plan includes scam and phishing protection, which blocks known malicious sites while they're connected. It only catches sites it already knows about, so it isn't a substitute for checking a text or a link. Our scam guide for parents, kids and grandparents covers that job.

When we checked NordVPN's own pricing page on Oct 29, 2026, the cheapest way in was the Basic plan at $3.49 a month on the two-year deal: $94.23 for the first 27 months (that includes three bonus months), then $139.08 a year. Month to month it was $14.99. We weren't able to reload that pricing page on Nov 10, 2026, so treat those numbers as the last official prices we could read, and check the live checkout price.

Nord says NordVPN (opens in a new tab) is up to 78% off 2-year plans, plus 3 extra months, through Dec 9, 2026, so the price at checkout may be lower than the prices above. Check the price and the renewal price at checkout before you pay.

Good for: a household that wants one paid VPN on several devices, including visits to other people's Wi-Fi. Skip if: they rarely leave their own password-protected home network. They may not need a VPN at all. See Do You Need a VPN?.

4. Proton VPN, a free plan they can try before anyone pays

If they won't pay until they've tried it, Proton VPN (opens in a new tab) is the easier on-ramp. The free plan doesn't ask for a credit card, doesn't show ads and doesn't cap their data. It's limited to one device at a time, medium speed and servers in 10 countries the app picks. That's enough for a laptop at a cafe, or at a relative's house.

VPN Plus covers 10 devices, servers in 140+ countries, streaming and NetShield, which blocks ads, trackers and known malware sites. On Proton's public VPN pricing page on Nov 10, 2026, VPN Plus was $2.99 a month on the 12-month plan, billed at $35.88 for the first year, then $83.88 a year. The page also has a 24-month option; we didn't get a clean read of that prepaid total on this visit, so check it at checkout. Proton says that when you use our link, VPN Plus is 75% off the 24-month plan until Cyber Monday, Nov 30, 2026. Check the price and the renewal price at checkout before you pay.

Good for: a parent who will only try a VPN if it costs nothing to start, or who mostly needs one device. Skip if: they need the phone and the laptop covered at the same time on a free plan. The free plan is one device at a time.