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Privacy & Security

Smartphone specifications displayed on a screen outdoors.
Sep 18, 2020

Apps can learn a lot about you just by reading information about your smartphone. They can easily track what device model you have, your phone number, and in some cases, your hardware MAC addresses. M ...

Popup message on a smartphone asking for permission to access location services.
Sep 18, 2020

In the tech world, our data is always under attack. When you download and install a new app, it can be difficult to know what information the app is actually accessing. Thankfully, a new emphasis on p ...

Smartphone screen displaying security settings and updates on a keyboard background.
Sep 11, 2020

If it has an internet connection, it's got a huge attack surface for hackers. But what makes your phone even more dangerous is its portability and the collection of sensors it houses that can be just ...

VPN connection interface showing options to pause or disconnect.
Sep 4, 2020

VPNs add a protective layer between your data and your internet service provider (ISP) or bad actors (hackers), so it makes sense they've become so popular lately. Probably the most common one of thes ...

Settings menu for biometric unlock options in the KeePass2Android app.
Sep 3, 2020

KeePass, the free, open-source password manager, has an excellent Android client in Keepass2Android. Its UI is slicker than many of the other ports, it's packing most of the features you'd find in the ...

Device list displayed on a mobile device screen.
Sep 3, 2020

You might be giving out your name to every stranger you see, and you don't even know it. That iPhone of yours has a name — generally a combination of your first name and device model — and it broadcas ...

Login screen with password input and "Remember me" checkbox.
Sep 2, 2020

Enter a password into a password field, and it's a sure bet that black dots or asterisks will obscure the characters. Nearly every website you visit in Safari on your iPhone will do it, but sometimes ...

Mobile phone screen displaying a list of settings options.
Sep 1, 2020

Sure, your search history can be useful, but more often than not, it's a paper trail of privacy infringement. It's perfectly reasonable not to want to see a complete list of your YouTube queries every ...

Mobile device displaying photo album options.
Aug 21, 2020

The "Hidden" album on your iPhone has always had one problem — it was never truly hidden. Since iOS 10, when the feature was introduced in the Photos app, any image or video that you conceal in the pr ...

Smartphone screen displaying battery, cellular, and Bluetooth settings options.
Aug 18, 2020

You're out and about, and nothing on your iPhone will load. A glance at the settings shows a saved Wi-Fi network with full bars that your iPhone had connected to automatically, but you're not getting ...