Privacy
Facebook’s Biggest Data Mining Fails
Facebook is the king of data mining fails. Here are five of its worst.
6 Key Takeaways From the Facebook Research App Scandal
Facebook has been caught mining data again and Apple has responded forcefully. Here’s everything you need to know.
Newly Surfaced Tweets Suggest Apple Has Been Aware of the FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug for Over a Week
The tweets suggest Apple support was notified about the bug on January 21 but did not disable Group FaceTime (the source of the bug) until nine days later on January 29.
How to Turn Off Your Samsung Smart TV Tracking Features
If you have a Samsung smart TV, you may have enabled a number of tracking features when you set it up. This is how to disable them.
How to Stop Your Sony Smart TV From Tracking What You Watch
Your Sony smart TV is probably tracking everything you watch and every app you use. Here’s how to disable the tracking features.
How to Stop Your Amazon Fire TV Edition Smart TV From Tracking You
The Amazon Fire TV Edition platform can collect data about your usage of streaming apps and some of your viewing habits. Here’s how to limit this data collection.
How to Turn Off Your Vizio Smart TV Tracking Features
Vizio smart TVs have a number of built-in tracking features. Here’s how to turn them off.
How to Stop Your Roku Smart TV From Tracking You
Smart TVs that use the Roku TV operating system can track your viewing habits in real-time. Follow these steps to disable this tracking.
How to Stop Facebook From Tracking You on iOS and Android
Facebook can track you on your mobile device, even if you’re not an active Facebook user. Follow these steps to minimize the data Facebook collects on iOS and Android.
16 Facebook Privacy Settings You Need to Change Right Now
Protect your privacy and minimize the personal data Facebook collects by changing these 16 settings.
New Study Reveals Many Popular Android Apps Have Been Sending Data to Facebook (Even When You Don’t Have a Facebook Account)
This data was sent to Facebook regardless of whether app users were logged into their Facebook accounts.
Google Knows What You’ve Purchased by Scanning Your Emails
Twitter users have discovered that Gmail is scanning email receipts to link non-Google purchases to a user’s Google account.