Amazon recently confirmed that Alexa users will no longer have the ability to process requests locally, meaning your voice recordings will be stored in Amazon's servers, no matter what you think about ...

Google Messages now lets you control who sees your profile picture and name through the Profile discovery feature. Users can choose from three privacy settings: everyone they message, only contacts, ...

Many of the smartphone apps we use daily collect a disturbingly large amount of information about us, but there are some ways ...

Intrigued by AI but concerned about giving it too much of your personal data? Here's how to tweak Copilot's memory, opt out ...

Facebook doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to personal privacy, but that doesn't mean the social media platform doesn't try. Buried in Facebook's privacy settings are a wealth of options ...

Privacy issues and privacy controls on Facebook are ever-changing and confusing. I've read through hundreds of comments and emails from readers just like you who are ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Ah, Google. We couldn't live without its search engine, Gmail, and especially YouTube. Its services are practically ubiquitous, and the world would reel from the loss if it were to vanish tomorrow.

If you’re a Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile customer, you might be surprised by how much information you agree to share with your provider the moment you sign up. Some of this is expected, such as your ...

Privacy is personal, so you shouldn’t treat the settings I listed here as a checklist. Treat them as suggestions. Your tolerance for data collection and the ...

If the “Restart Office to apply changes to your privacy settings” message keeps popping up on your Windows 11/10 PC, read this post to learn how to fix the issue. Many users have reported that this ...