Google’s latest operating system, Android 12, has a key feature to make sure that malicious individuals are not accessing user’s camera and microphone. The whole OS update has a whole host of privacy ...

The small symbols that light up in the Windows taskbar are not just decoration, they are often the only warning that your camera, microphone, or other sensitive features are active. If you suddenly ...

At dinner, I mentioned that I would like to go hiking in Patagonia. I never searched for these trips or anything like it. Yet, an hour later, I started getting ads on my phone about hiking adventures ...

Android 12 adds the ability to quickly toggle on or off — to enable or disable — microphone and camera access for apps and using the tool on Pixel devices really couldn’t be easier. But, of course, ...

Google is now warning millions of its Android users whenever certain apps could be spying on them. With that, the new feature alerts users whenever the microphone or camera has been activated. The ...

Protecting your privacy in the modern age isn’t easy, with everything from app labels to online cookies to think about, but knowing what the apps on your devices are up to has to be one of your top ...

You're putting your data at risk whenever you grant your Android apps more permissions than they need. Manage Android app permissions to protect your data. Attila covers software, apps and services, ...

Privacy is a big focus of Android 12, and one of the ways that Google is addressing it is with better notification of sensor usage. While it’s not live quite yet ...

Whenever a desktop application (say a browser) or Microsoft Store app accesses your webcam, location, or microphone on Windows 11/10 OS, its date and time are captured. That will help you know which ...