Our lives are more online than ever before. From social media profiles and online shopping accounts to public records and data broker sites, our personal information is constantly being collected, ...

It sounds impossible and it ultimately is, but you can get surprisingly close to deleting yourself from the internet in 2025. Here’s how. There are many reasons you might want to “delete yourself” ...

It can be alarming to Google yourself and see that the results include data brokers displaying your address, age and family members. (Photo: Muharrem huner via Getty Images) Once upon a time, it was ...

Everything you post online has an opportunity to be used to track you, whether it's your next stalker or a digital ad agency. Your data is up for grabs. Here's how to reduce your digital footprint ...

Mary-Elisabeth is an associate writer on CNET's How-To team. She's a recent graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill's English Department, and resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. On the How-To team, she covers a ...

The internet is a dangerous place. If it seems like scammers, hackers, and spammers are lurking around every corner, that's because they are. Malicious individuals are always looking to take advantage ...

Try searching your full name online right now and see what surfaces. Within a few clicks, you’re likely seeing your home address, phone number, age, and even details about family members. If that’s ...

There’s a chance that ChatGPT knows personal details about you—and if it doesn’t, it might just make something up. As OpenAI’s generative text chatbot has boomed in popularity over the past six months ...

Once upon a time, it was possible to monitor what information about you was available online. But with widespread internet usage and the rise of various social media platforms, this information is not ...

Data breaches. Identity theft. Bank fraud. Every week, we read a fearsome new headline about cybercrime. Reputable services fall victim to anonymous hackers. Ransomware holds random computer user’s ...