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Learn how geolocation services work, and who learns of your location when your smartphone pins it down.

What web beacons and tracker pixels are, what’s so obnoxious about them, and how to disable them.

What is stalkerware, how widespread is the problem, and what is the relationship between domestic and digital abuse.

A recent study shows that even “clean” Android smartphones collect a lot of information about their owners.

How to respond to tracking requests in iOS, iPadOS and tvOS 14.5 — or opt out of app tracking completely.

Researchers have created an extension to learn about the information websites collect to “fingerprint” browsers.

Three ways to find a surveillance apps on your smartphone.

Mobile apps can track your location and sell the data to third parties. What can you do about it?

Listen to your cookies with the Listening Back browser extension to understand the real scale of Web tracking.

How paranoid employers and jealous partners can spy on you, and why chip bags are best left to movie heroes.

In the latest Terminator movie, is Sarah Connor protected against cell-phone tracking?

The truth about the recently discovered — and already fixed — bug in Kaspersky consumer products.

Creators of ad mailings and spam are very interested in knowing whether you read their messages. This post explains how to protect against e-mail tracking.

Websites are logging your clicks, keystrokes, and more

Cameras in buildings, public areas, and even at home spy on us without our knowledge or consent. What can we do about it?

Did you know that some apps on your iPhone or iPad track your location, access your camera and calendar, and more? In Part 1 of this story, we show you how to turn off tracking using iOS’s privacy features.

Once a user looks up a laptop or a slow cooker online, advertisements from online stores will begin to appear as if from the horn of abundance. This is exactly

Malvertising is an ambiguous term referring to malicious online advertisements; some cause malware infection while others track user behavior.