The small symbols that light up in the Windows taskbar are not just decoration, they are often the only warning that your camera, microphone, or other sensitive features are active. If you suddenly ...

Steve from Hartford, Connecticut, like many Americans, is baffled by Google’s settings and recently sent in this email question. Here's what he asked: "I have my Google Web & Activity, Location ...

You don’t have to quit Google to care about privacy.

Take control of your privacy by updating these critical Google account settings: pause Web & App Activity, disable Search and Ad Personalization, pause Timeline, review and remove third-party app ...

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I thought I had my Facebook, Google, Instagram, X, Venmo and LinkedIn on privacy lockdown. Then I got terrified by a new service called Block Party. It scans nine critical apps for 223 privacy, ...

Android 15’s new privacy features put powerful mobile security settings and advanced data controls right at your fingertips. Pixabay, Dele_o When the new Android 15 privacy settings arrived, they had ...

If the “Restart Office to apply changes to your privacy settings” message keeps popping up on your Windows 11/10 PC, read this post to learn how to fix the issue. Many users have reported that this ...

Update, March 8, 2025: This story, originally published March 7, has been updated with details of more data that Google has confirmed it will be deleting unless account holders take swift action to ...

While Facebook's rollout of its newly revamped privacy settings seems to have quelled most users' fears, some questions about how best to use these new settings remain. "I think the best thing that ...