Even when used as a monitor for your Mac, an LG or Samsung smart TV will periodically capture what's on screen and send it to company servers. Here's how to stop that terrible behavior. Smart TVs from ...

To prevent Microsoft and other apps from tracking your whereabouts, you can turn off location tracking on your Windows 11 PC. You can do this for all services or specific ones, and I’ll show you how.

If South Korea's $15 million fine to Meta is not enough to convince you to leave Facebook or Instagram, this just might. Searches for deleting these platforms skyrocketed after Meta announced policy ...

Many social media users are concerned about online privacy and want to minimize the tracking and data collection done by social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. Both platforms—owned by ...

The world is bad sometimes, but it feels even worse if you can’t stop staring into the all-consuming abyss that is the 6-inch screen of a smartphone, following you through space and time. It taunts ...

You’re standing in line at the grocery store or waiting for an elevator. You have no more than a minute to kill. And yet, before you’ve even processed what you’re doing, you’ve pulled out your phone ...

Anu is a Features author at Android Police. You'll find her writing in-depth pieces about automation tools, productivity apps, and explainers. Before joining AP, she used to write for prominent tech ...