Tag: privacy

It’s scary knowing your data might not be private. VPNs help shield your online activities. To help you pick the right one, these are our favorite VPN services.

If you, like me, open a new tab on the Safari app of your iPhone every time you have a dumb question to Google search, you probably have a million…

Privacy Please is an ongoing series exploring the ways privacy is violated in the modern world, and what can be done about it. Mobile payment apps including Venmo, Cash App,…

In Apple World, all you’ll ever need is your iPhone.  That vision was on full display during Monday’s WWDC, when Jennifer Bailey, Apple’s vice president of internet services, explained the…

Digital privacy sure is great, if you can afford it.  At Monday’s WWDC, Apple announced a host of new features which lean into its privacy-focused branding. As part of iCloud+,…

TikTok has updated its U.S. privacy policy to make clear that it might collect your biometric information, but none of this really changes anything. Even if it did, you weren’t…

Are you worried about your private snaps getting viewed by nosy strangers? We show you several ways to shield photos on your Android phone from prying eyes.

Sorry, Facebook. Apple released iOS 14.5 to the public at the end of April, which included the ability to stop apps from tracking your activity for ad targeting purposes. New…

Cellebrite was just put on notice. The Israel-based company, which makes smartphone-hacking tools beloved by U.S. law enforcement and oppressive regimes around the world, failed to properly secure its own…

Sometimes, you don’t want things to “just work” for everyone.  On Tuesday, Apple announced a slew of new products at its “Spring Loaded” event. One of those products, AirTags, is…