The company best known for its search engine is launching a new set of tools aimed at creating an “easy button” for protecting your data online.
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All the New Privacy Features Coming to iOS and macOS
Improvements designed to keep your email private, crack down on data stealing apps, and help you find lost devices are on their way.
What You Should Know About Voilá, the Latest Viral Selfie App
Before you use it to cartoonify your face, consider the risks to your data.
The Safest Way to Store and Share Your Nudes
Listen, if you’re going to take them, follow these precautions so they don’t go anywhere you don’t intend them to.
WhatsApp’s Fight With India Could Have Global Repercussions
The country’s “traceability” requirement would undermine the privacy of the encrypted messaging app’s users far beyond its borders.
How to Avoid App Store Scams
Apple’s and Google’s approval guidelines are notoriously lax—and they won’t keep out apps that are after your money and data. Here’s how to sniff them out.
Android 12 Will Let You Fine-Tune Permissions for Apps
A new privacy dashboard and “app hibernation” are coming to Google’s mobile operating system.
WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy Just Kicked In
Instead of a hard cutoff, the messaging app will gradually degrade and eventually cease to function if you don’t accept the changes.
What’s Google Floc? And How Does It Affect Your Privacy?
There’s a battle raging over how advertisers can target us on the web—or whether they should be able to target us at all.
Don’t Buy Into Facebook’s Ad-Tracking Pressure on iOS 14.5
The company tells Apple users that tracking helps keep those platforms “free of charge,” but opting out now doesn’t mean paying up later.