Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy—who can see which actions you take—across all of the app’s ...

Windows uses all sorts of tricks to pinpoint your location. If you don't want your location being tracked, you must disable this system setting.

Windows 11 hides a surprisingly powerful privacy switch in a place most people never think to look, and leaving it at the default can quietly expose more about your habits than you realize. I’ve spent ...

Miami University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level ...

WhatsApp is turning the security dial up to its highest setting, introducing a lockdown-style mode aimed at people who face ...

The beginning of the year is a great time to do some basic cyber hygiene. We've all been told to patch, change passwords, and update software. But one concern that has been increasingly creeping to ...

The emerging Do Not Track standard should give web surfers privacy by default, Microsoft has insisted after the idea was turned down by the standard's working group. The working group at the World ...

Adam Benjamin has helped people navigate complex problems for the past decade. The former digital services editor for Reviews.com, Adam now leads CNET's services and software team and contributes to ...

T-Mobile has quietly activated two new default privacy toggles, including one that allows sharing your financial data with affiliates and non-affiliates. Users should ...

Windows 10 launched yesterday, so it's time to focus in on some specific issues and evaluate the OS in bite-sized chunks. First up, we're going to investigate the setup process, privacy options, user ...