Category: Privacy

Apple recently updated its App Store and iOS privacy policies to force app developers to be more transparent about their data collection practices. As a […]

Like video chatting, screen sharing is now a must-have tool for anyone working or communicating from home. Unfortunately, sharing your device’s screen can be a […]

You can now enable the new ” Guest Mode ” on Google smart speakers and displays, such as Nest Audio, and make device sharing less […]

I hate to say “this is kind of the norm” when it comes to data breaches, but we’ll start again. The social media company Socialarks […]

Telegram’s new People Nearby feature shows a list of other nearby users and their approximate proximity to you, allowing you to create group chats based […]

Many messaging apps allow you to send disappearing messages, but Signal’s approach to the process is one of the best . This is another great […]

We all want to know who is hiding on our social media profiles, but the truth is, none of the major social media platforms will […]

Google collects data about everything you do while using its products and services. Sometimes this data is sold to advertisers; it is sometimes used to […]

Blocking site trackers is easy. Several popular web browsers block ads and trackers by default , and there are many third-party browser apps and add-ons […]

Google is rolling out new features for its current video chat apps, Googles Meet and Duo. Meet updates include a new background blur tool; it […]

Of course, anyone can just drive past your house to see what it looks like – all the tin foil in the world won’t protect […]

Readers who regularly attend protests are likely familiar with the Bridgefy messaging app and may even be using it. The application was originally conceived as […]

An improperly secured cloud database has exposed the personal information of over 235 million TikTok, Instagram and YouTube accounts. Hong Kong-based company Social Data unknowingly […]

Bugs found in Alexa’s web services could have allowed hackers to gain access to voice recordings and personal data stored on Amazon’s servers. Some of […]

Well, it could be worse. TikTok could be hit by a giant data breach that exposes your account credentials and private video clips to the […]

Did your Garmin watch suddenly stop working on Thursday? You’re not alone. The company was hit by an alleged ransomware attack that shut down all […]

If you and your roommates are completely new to BitTorrent, or you’ve downloaded enough Linux distributions, open source movies, and concert recordings to get your […]

Covering your webcam is one of the oldest privacy tips, but some MacBook owners have made the annoying discovery that third-party covers can damage your […]

If you’ve ever logged into a third-party app or website using your Facebook account, you should take a moment and update a few security settings. […]

Does your voice assistant often seem too impatient to intervene ? A recent study by the Ruhr University in Bochum and the Max Planck Institute […]

Recent social media posts (which I won’t link to, but you can easily find them by searching Twitter) claim that Apple and Google are installing […]

If you use WhatsApp’s Click to Chat feature, your phone number may appear in Google search results. Click to Chat allows users to create URL […]

Just like turning off GPS on your phone or limiting the data you share with Google , people have a right to digital privacy, but […]

There are many free group video chat and teleconferencing apps . Many of them advertise their privacy and security features. The fact that they block […]

As with nearly every aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is still a lot we don’t know about effective contact tracing. At this point, contact […]

The new Signal PIN feature adds an extra layer of security to your encrypted messaging app and makes it easy to move your account across […]

The popular third-party email client Edison Mail recently gave a small number of iOS users access to email addresses that didn’t belong to them. It […]

To slow the seemingly endless spread of COVID-19 misinformation on social media, Poynter’s International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has launched a WhatsApp chatbot to help you […]

Email Burner is the best invention since Hotmail. And persistent emails – the fake addresses you give when you sign up for services that are […]

Video chatting and telecommuting applications are currently in use around the world, but as we’ve learned over the past few weeks, they can pose a […]

Know before tweeting: Twitter now sells more information about your activities on its platform to third-party advertisers, regardless of which privacy settings you turn on […]

Nowadays, everyone uses Zoom-ing, unless you prefer one of the reliable alternatives to a meeting solution with a permanent virtual background. And while you’ve probably […]

If you are a big WhatsApp user, I implore you: stop posting links to your group chats in public. And tell everyone in your group […]

It seems like a lot of people aren’t going to give up on their expensive video doorbells no matter what Ring does – either because […]

We all know that Facebook tracks what you do when you use its apps and website, but the social media monolith also collects data from […]

Targeted ads that appear on your Facebook feed or Twitter feed can seem terribly intrusive. after all, they often show up using personal information such […]

Unsurprisingly, any content you offer on the Internet for public consumption can be retrieved and misused by anyone smart enough to do so. While that […]

Yahoo and Verizon’s new search engine , OneSearch , is a completely different product from the Yahoo search of yesteryear. Not only does OneSearch opt […]

Facebook kicks off 2020 by updating its privacy checker tool, introduced back in 2014, that makes it easier for users to find and change some […]

Removing an app from your smartphone takes a matter of seconds, but you need to do more than just uninstall the app if you’re trying […]