OS 26 does a better job of stopping Google from tracking your iPhone by extending advanced fingerprinting protection to all ...

Google offers one of the most expansive set of free online services to its users. And the more you use those services, the better they get. But Google also tracks you—in a sometimes creepy manner—and ...

Meta has faced ongoing criticism for allegedly violating users' privacy by tracking their online behavior and selling that information to other companies for advertising. For instance, after searching ...

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 ...

LONDON – Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they're privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you've been — if you let them. When you use a map app to find the ...

Privacy is getting harder to protect in a world where everything is connected. Whether you're chatting with an AI, checking your email or using your smartphone, your ...

Your phone may be secretly tracking your movements through features like "Significant Locations" and the "Journaling" app, which record where you've been and access your personal data.Screenshots from ...

Dan Goodin has been covering Silicon Valley’s internet security issues for two decades and if you ask him what he thinks about the Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce’s plans to track the locations of ...