Privacy


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Privacy

The great location leak: Privacy risks in dating apps

The great location leak: Privacy risks in dating apps

Privacy

The great location leak: Privacy risks in dating apps

What if your favorite dating, social media or gaming app revealed your exact coordinates to someone you’d rather keep at a distance?

Tony Anscombe12 Aug 2024


Privacy

Buying a VPN? Here’s what to know and look for

Buying a VPN? Here’s what to know and look for

Privacy

Buying a VPN? Here’s what to know and look for

VPNs are not all created equal – make sure to choose the right provider that will help keep your data safe from prying eyes

Phil Muncaster25 Jun 2024


Privacy

7 reasons why cybercriminals want your personal data

7 reasons why cybercriminals want your personal data

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7 reasons why cybercriminals want your personal data

Here's what drives cybercriminals to relentlessly target the personal information of other people – and why you need to guard your data like your life depends on it

Sonia Domínguez Waisbrod08 Apr 2024


Privacy

A prescription for privacy protection: Exercise caution when using a mobile health app

A prescription for privacy protection: Exercise caution when using a mobile health app

Privacy

A prescription for privacy protection: Exercise caution when using a mobile health app

Given the unhealthy data-collection habits of some mHealth apps, you’re well advised to tread carefully when choosing with whom you share some of your most sensitive data

Phil Muncaster19 Mar 2024


Privacy

Say what you will? Your favorite speech-to-text app may be a privacy risk

Say what you will? Your favorite speech-to-text app may be a privacy risk

Privacy

Say what you will? Your favorite speech-to-text app may be a privacy risk

Typing with your voice? It should go without saying that you need to take some precautions and avoid spilling your secrets.

Martina López03 Jan 2024


Privacy

Navigating privacy: Should we put the brakes on car tracking?

Navigating privacy: Should we put the brakes on car tracking?

Privacy

Navigating privacy: Should we put the brakes on car tracking?

Your car probably knows a lot more about you than it lets on – but is the trade-off of privacy for convenience truly justifiable?

Márk Szabó06 Dec 2023


Privacy

What you need to know about iCloud Private Relay

What you need to know about iCloud Private Relay

Privacy

What you need to know about iCloud Private Relay

If you want to try to enter the world of VPNs with a small dip, then iCloud Private Relay is your friend — but is it a true VPN service? The devil is in the details.

Márk Szabó31 Aug 2023


Internet of Things, Privacy

DEF CON 31: Robot vacuums may be doing more than they claim

DEF CON 31: Robot vacuums may be doing more than they claim

Internet of Things, Privacy

DEF CON 31: Robot vacuums may be doing more than they claim

When it comes to privacy, it remains complicated and near impossible for a consumer to make an informed decision.

Tony Anscombe16 Aug 2023


Digital Security, Privacy

Fingerprints all over: Can browser fingerprinting increase website security?

Fingerprints all over: Can browser fingerprinting increase website security?

Digital Security, Privacy

Fingerprints all over: Can browser fingerprinting increase website security?

Browser fingerprinting is supposedly a more privacy-conscious tracking method, replacing personal information with more general data. But is it a valid promise?

Márk Szabó03 Aug 2023