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 app’s ...

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 ...

Programs like Gmail, Microsoft, and Facebook that have been around for years have quietly activated and incorporated AI features. Experts say that if there is nothing nefarious about the AI inclusion, ...

There are users of Android’s Find My Device network who have complained about performance issues with tracker detection. Apparently, this is because the Find My Device network’s “aggregation by ...

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 ...

Windows has tons of settings buried between layers of menus that you ever touch. However, Windows isn't set up for security by default, meaning there are several default settings you need to change.

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 ...

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 ...