Give me 15 minutes, and I can help you join the 5 percent who are actually in control. I dug through the privacy settings for the five biggest consumer tech companies and picked a few of the most ...

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I dug into a bunch of popular products and services you might not think of as data vacuums or security risks and found their default privacy settings often aren’t very private. So I collected here ...

Windows 10 launched yesterday, so it's time to focus in on some specific issues and evaluate the OS in bite-sized chunks. First up, we're going to investigate the setup process, privacy options, user ...

Windows 11 quietly ships with a location tracking feature that can follow your laptop or tablet wherever it goes, even if you never remember turning it on. Buried behind a few layers of menus, this ...

Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level of privacy -- who can see which actions you take -- across all of the ...

DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused search engine that offers a unique alternative to traditional search engines by not tracking your searches or serving targeted ads. To make the most of its features, ...

CULVER CITY, Calif. – TikTok announced changes to its platform Wednesday that seek to improve privacy and safety standards for younger users. Starting immediately, TikTok says it’s changing the ...

The beginning of the year is a great time to do some basic cyber hygiene. We've all been told to patch, change passwords, and update software. But one concern that has been increasingly creeping to ...

Miami University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level ...