February 17, 2019 8 ways to stop your phone from tracking you Your phone knows where you are standing or sitting at this moment. Most people know that. How else could you use GPS? While location tracking is essential for directions, it also helps big tech sell you things.
February 13, 2019 Tinder, Grindr and other dating apps failed to protect children from sexual exploitation, report says Several popular dating apps, including Tinder and Grindr, have failed to protect children from being sexually exploited on their platforms, a new report charges.
February 12, 2019 Russia's plan to disconnect from Internet raises Great Firewall fears Russia is going to temporarily unplug from the internet as part of what the country is calling a planned experiment.
February 11, 2019 Glenn Greenwald: Amazon one of the world's biggest threats to privacy After Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos went on the offensive against the National Enquirer and its parent company AMI, saying they threatened to release intimate photos of himself and his girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez, many in the media lauded the billionaire for his stance and his defense of privacy -- but some critics found the situation ironic.
February 11, 2019 Teens are creating fake identities on Instagram called Finstas. Should we worry? An emerging trend on Instagram has experts raising a few eyebrows.
February 11, 2019 Is Skynet a reality? As Trump signs executive order on artificial intelligence, tech giants warn of danger As President Trump gets set to sign an executive order directing federal agencies to prioritize research and development in artificial intelligence, tech giants such as Google, Microsoft and others are warning about the risks AI may hold.
February 10, 2019 7 ways to stop robocalls now “Hello! Please don’t hang up… did you know that you could save a bundle on…? This is a robocall, another automated telemarketer. Nowadays, robocalls make up 50 percent of all phone calls made. Robocallers, according to one source, spammed us with 26.3 billion calls in 2018.
February 9, 2019 Kindle Fire tricks, giving the slip to Google and more: Tech Q&A I go places with the guys that I don’t want my wife to know. I heard that Google still tracks you even if you turn off location services – and this means my wife knows. Is there anything I can do?
February 8, 2019 Safari drops 'do not track' support as it allows users to be tracked Apple has decided to remove the "Do Not Track" feature from its Safari web browser, a move which many will initially view as a negative, but actually there's a very good security reason for it.
February 8, 2019 US Senators demand probe of foreign VPNs over spying risk VPNs are intended to guard your privacy online, but are they also a spying threat?
