Scan 60–90 days of card/bank statements and make a “hit list” of anything recurring, vague, or annual — you can’t cancel what ...

We typically always have our smartphones right next to us in case we need to answer or make a call, text someone, look something up, or just scroll aimlessly on social media. One thing you might not ...

Imagine if a data broker knows your phone is on a nightstand next to another phone six nights a week and across town on the seventh night. That data broker also knows everywhere you go and how long ...

If you think that you're already safe when using an app on your device, you're wrong. Our smartphone might be eavesdropping on a midnight video call or Zoom meeting without us knowing. It's weird, but ...

Foreign-owned apps secretly harvest personal data from seniors, making them prime targets for scams. Learn how to protect ...

The iPhone or Android phone in our pocket is our primary computer these days, and that's where we're worried the most about apps or services spying on our personal data to serve us targeted ads. Then ...

I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps, and ad-blocking software. I also report on online scams and offer advice to families and individuals ...

Thanks to Apple’s tireless vetting of App Store apps, it’s tricky for an app to flat-out snoop on you. Then again, the behavior of some apps could be thought of as snooping if you squint and look at ...