Are your apps secretly tracking and spying on you? Here’s ways to stop them. Ever feel like your phone (or Peter Thiel) knows ...

Even when used as a monitor for your Mac, an LG or Samsung smart TV will periodically capture what's on screen and send it to company servers. Here's how to stop that terrible behavior. Smart TVs from ...

When signed in to your Google account, your searches, clicked links, images, and videos are tracked. Things like your IP address, device, and which ads you click are tracked even when you're not ...

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 ...

If I told you that your TV watches everything you do in the name of data collection and advertising, it likely wouldn’t shock you. It’s 2025, after all; we're used to a general lack of privacy. Still, ...

Roku, Fire, and Chromecast TVs may collect viewing, usage, and screen‑content data. You can disable or limit data collection via privacy/ACR settings. Full privacy requires disconnecting the TV from ...

Republished on September 10 with confirmation on the date iPhone’s receive this latest security upgrade, shutting down more on-device tracking. Is your iPhone listening to you — no, well not exactly.

You can see all of the locations your iPhone thinks are significant and turn off the location features in Settings. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac If you’re uncomfortable with social media apps ...

Users can see their Wrapped banner on the homepage of their Spotify. The music platform has clarified that the app must be ...