Privacy

Find out if your smartphones, tablets, and laptops are coming between you and your loved ones.

The European Commission’s proposed ePrivacy Regulation takes effect in May 2018. Why is it a battle — and who is fighting for what?

Those 50 million Facebook profiles were already harvested

Harmless toy or a way to phish for personal data?

We investigate how couples often neglect privacy — and the consequences.

Do border agents have the right to search your devices? How can you protect your data from searches at the border? We have 11 tips covering this topic.

Facebook sends so many notifications that sometimes it’s tempting just to turn them off. We tell you how to do it — or how to adjust them so they don’t take over your life.

Google’s new E-Screen Protector prompts users when prying eyes are on their smartphone screen. Is this technology useful?

Websites are logging your clicks, keystrokes, and more

Attackers pretending to be acquaintances asking for money — the story is old, the approaches new. We show you how to avoid the e-bait.

Some habits, at first glance, seem to have nothing at all to do with security. However, looks can be deceiving.

Want to protect your intimate photos from ever going public? Facebook has a suggestion: Upload them yourself!

Take our quiz and find out if your online dating activity is likely to come back and bite you.

We are used to entrusting dating apps with our innermost secrets. How carefully do they treat this information?

Do you use Snapchat? If so, you may want to take a deeper look at the Snap Map feature released earlier this week.

Targeted ads are all over the Internet nowadays. One minute you’re searching for information about hair loss, the next you’re seeing offers for a remedy. Click the Like button on

Nowadays the proverb “the walls have ears” is not as metaphoric as it used to be. “The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level

Recent news about IP cameras being hacked and private footage sold unlawfully online has bestirred the Internet yet again. Such headlines are now unsurprising; however, one new case has a sensitive twist:

Before the advent of Internet dating, we used to head to various places to socialize and meet people — bars, pubs, clubs, parties, weddings, places of worship, and even the

Updated October 9, 2018: Google has changed app permission settings in Android Oreo, adding a new group called “Special app access.” More details are available in “App permissions in Android

Hi, my name is Serge, and I just realized that I have been an active Internet user for 20 years. Seriously, this year I should celebrate an anniversary, but instead