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Recent studies show people look at their smartphones 58 times a day on average. Other studies show the number of glances is closer to 100 times a day. No matter how frequently look at your phone, you ...

You might be surprised by how many apps on your phone are tracking your location—often without you realizing it. Some apps are upfront and ask for permission the first time you open them, which is a ...

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Earlier this year, 404 Media published another article about the location-tracking industry that surreptitiously gathers and resells our location data (for earlier coverage, see “Exposé Reveals ...

It seems like just about every mobile app you install these days requests access to your location data. Most seem to have some valid use for that information, and sharing location information makes ...

The Supreme Court says tracking a person via GPS ankle bracelet, to know the individual's location at all times, qualifies as a 'search' and could violate the Fourth Amendment. Yet Android apps track ...