Even when used as a monitor for your Mac, an LG or Samsung smart TV will periodically capture what's on screen and send it to company servers. Here's how to stop that terrible behavior. Smart TVs from ...

Your iPhone serves as more than just a communication tool—it’s a repository of your personal data, habits, and daily activities. If someone is tracking your device, your privacy and security could be ...

Are your apps secretly tracking and spying on you? Here’s ways to stop them. Ever feel like your phone (or Peter Thiel) knows a bit too much about you? From eerily relevant ads to apps suggesting ...

When signed in to your Google account, your searches, clicked links, images, and videos are tracked. Things like your IP address, device, and which ads you click are tracked even when you're not ...

Streaming sticks and smart TVs have quietly turned the living room into one of the most data-hungry spaces in the home, and ...

You can see all of the locations your iPhone thinks are significant and turn off the location features in Settings. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac If you’re uncomfortable with social media apps ...

Roku, Fire, and Chromecast TVs may collect viewing, usage, and screen‑content data. You can disable or limit data collection via privacy/ACR settings. Full privacy requires disconnecting the TV from ...

Privacy is getting harder to protect in a world where everything is connected. Whether you're chatting with an AI, checking your email or using your smartphone, your ...

Did you know that your boss might be tracking when you open and read her emails? Or that anyone who operates a mailing list can see when you open their emails, thanks to read receipts? But did you ...

Even with GPS disabled, Google knows where you are. Here is how non-GPS tracking works and the steps you can take to secure ...

Wearable devices like smartwatches and health-tracking rings can provide valuable insights into our health, but they may also spark anxiety over constant metrics. Experts weigh in on finding a healthy ...