privacy

People with smartphones may know that free apps share private information with third parties—but few, if any, realize how often this happens.

Mattel really needs this doll to succeed after a bad 2014. But Hello Barbie is a tricky choice.

Samsung's is just the last in a long line of chilling End User License Agreements (EULA) we clicked ...

The DEA is causing privacy concerns to be raised by recording millions of automobile license plates and placing ...

One of the most important features in Apple’s Yosemite desktop operating system is the new Spotlight search, which ...

The ABC television show “NY Med” filmed Mark Chanko’s final moments without the approval of his family. Even ...

We live in a world increasingly dominated by our personal data. Some of that data we choose to ...

Now, electrical engineers have developed a way to automatically track people across moving and still cameras by using ...

In a post-Snowden world, anonymity is what people want online. Smartphone apps offering anonymous messaging are popping up ...

FBI Director James Comey warned in stark terms Thursday against the push by technology companies to encrypt smartphone ...

While legal sales of recorded music continue to suffer from widespread music piracy, the popularity of live music ...

Everyone is keen to protect their privacy. That last thing that anyone wants is to be the talk ...

A new kind of tracking tool, canvas fingerprinting, is being used to follow visitors to thousands of top ...

Here's how to protect your privacy online. Many sites track user behavior using a variety of invisible third-party ...

Here's a look at how U.S. law enforcement accesses people's emails, text messages, and more without a warrant ...

Online marketers are increasingly seeking to track users offline, as well, by collecting data about people's offline habits—such ...

Though the NSA surveillance has gotten a lot of attention, there's also a thriving public market for data ...

Here's a quick and easy way to get Facebook to send you a self-destructing, one-time password that'll work ...

Keep advertisers from tracking you with today's Tekzilla Bite!

More Facebook users can expect to see a blue cartoon dinosaur popping up in their feeds, reminding them ...

Facebook is rolling out its audio recognition feature for music and movies. The social networking giant also updated ...

It would have soon become apparent that someone had completed the kind of database query they are now ...

In the course of writing my book, "Dragnet Nation", I tried various strategies to protect my privacy. In ...

As each new computer virus attack or vulnerability comes to light, millions instinctively check their computer to see ...

Imagine yourself the CEO of a company that mainly sells one product. One of your goals is to ...

If you use the Internet and carry a smart phone, it’s likely that most of your life is ...

Black and gray markets for computer hacking tools, services and byproducts such as stolen credit card numbers continue ...