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When an app uses your mic or tracks your location, Windows displays small icons in the taskbar. Hovering over these icons ...

You don’t want to worry about an app unnecessarily having access to other parts of your phone, and you can control this by limiting its permissions. This means you can change settings that specify ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Smartphones and apps have become a major part of our daily lives but we may be giving them more permissions than we realize. Most of us don’t pay a lot of ...

In iOS 16 and the upcoming iPadOS 16.1, Apple added an alert when an app tries to read your device’s clipboard, giving users a chance to grant or deny access. It’s a privacy measure, but for apps that ...

App Permissions usually pop up the first time you open a recently downloaded application on your phone. Such feature is designed in accordance to every end-user’s privacy and security when using a ...

The small symbols that light up in the Windows taskbar are not just decoration, they are often the only warning that your ...

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, ...

iPhone's privacy features empower users to monitor app access to their camera, microphone, and location through real-time indicators like colored dots and icons. Users can review and manage these ...

Concerned about privacy? Discover five hidden Android settings, including Location History and background scanning, that ...

Google is slowly fixing its Play Store problem. We have already seen a cull of lower-quality, higher-risk apps, and we are now seeing ever more on-device monitoring to flag those devices behaving ...

Responsible apps designed for children should offer a clear and accessible privacy policy. Apps and websites provide links to their privacy policy in the app store or on its homepage. If you can't ...