With advancements in technology comes an increasing concern for privacy. In a disturbing trend, several supposedly “helpful” apps have been caught red-handed, mining users’ photo libraries. This ...

IPhone users are handing over their personal data with a click of a button, new research finds. Popular apps like Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and X are harvesting user information through ...

The following was forwarded to me earlier today and I think it is an example for why there is such an uproar these days about the Chinese-owned and -controlled TikTok. What most people, especially ...

Three new books propose remedies that run the gamut from government regulation to user responsibility. From addictive algorithms to exploitative apps, data mining to misinformation, the internet today ...

A group of Senate Democrats asked Apple and Google to prohibit apps available in their app stores from using data mining practices to target people seeking abortion services in letters sent to the ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Apple is following through on its pledge to crack down on Facebook and other snoopy apps that secretly shadow people on their iPhones in order to target more advertising at users.

I used to work in tech as a user experience (UX) expert. I was a professional nerd. Nerds in our industry like to begin their sentences with “Wouldn’t it be cool ... ,” as in “Wouldn’t it be cool if ...