A dad recently took to Reddit‘s AITA forum after a disagreement with his daughter over her bedroom door. The 15-year-old expressed that she wanted a lock on her door for privacy because her younger ...

If you've ever accidentally locked yourself out of a room in your home—as in, one of those push-button or twist-privacy locks that most bedroom and bathroom doors have—you know it can be a pain to ...

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Privacy has long been a moving target, thanks to technology. For much of humanity's history, privacy referred to the physical environment — who can see or hear you ...