WORRIED that an app is secretly listening to you through your microphone? Chances are that you’re probably not being spied on ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Cookies, permissions, notifications; today's web is full of pop-ups, but I always change this setting to save myself from one ...

Are our apps listening to our conversations? As consumers grow increasingly wary of data breaches and privacy violations, the ...

Google, Instagram, Facebook and weather apps can track your location and use that data to serve you ads; here's what you can ...

The final dot is blue with a right arrow inside. "A blue arrow may appear when the app you’re using requests your location," ...

There's a special scanner that you can set up so you iPhone will show you a list of every time any app tunes into your microphone. Of course your iPhone will show an orange dot at the top of the ...

In “hot-miking” attacks, hackers activate your microphone without you knowing it so they can listen into your conversations.

Can’t remember the last time you turned your phone off? Is Bluetooth always on? The NSA says you’re playing a crapshoot with ...