These are some of the Android settings that could be putting your privacy in danger. In addition to managing these settings, ...

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TikTok is fun. TikTok is addictive. TikTok is…risky? There’s a lot of debate about the app’s privacy and security, especially with its parent company, ByteDance, operating out of Beijing. The previous ...

Whether through the ads it serves, queries it handles, emails it scans, or sensors it tracks, Google knows a lot about you. Most of that information’s given voluntarily with the understanding that ...

Amazon is so deeply entrenched in our lives that we all have a ton of info connected with the company. Even if you somehow haven’t directly used Amazon for shopping, you probably have used a Kindle, ...

Instagram unveiled a new feature: putting PG-13 restrictions on its teen accounts. The accounts have default privacy settings ...

Instagram is further cracking down on what millions of young people can see on the platform, aligning its “Teen Accounts” safety settings with the guidelines for PG-13 movies.

Head to Settings > Security and privacy on a Pixel, or Settings > Google > All Services on other phones to enable Advanced ...

Consumer electronics these days seem a little too willing to share your information. Smartphones are ever too eager to grab your data, and these days you can barely trust Windows when it comes to ads ...

As one of the biggest and still one of the most widely used social media platforms out there, Facebook holds a lot of data on its users. If you have an account, chances are high that you may be ...

It will be news to no one that Facebook has a poor reputation when it comes to protecting your data. Thankfully, there are ways to reclaim your data from Facebook’s many privacy downfalls. Even if you ...

You can close or permanently delete your Etsy account via your Account Settings, but only deleting your account will remove ...