Kurt Knutsson's guide covers social media privacy protection through location settings, account privacy controls and ...

Rae Hodge was a senior editor at CNET. She led CNET's coverage of privacy and cybersecurity tools from July 2019 to January 2023. As a data-driven investigative journalist on the software and services ...

If a hacker gained access to your Microsoft account, they could download your OneDrive files, bypass your Windows PC’s security, and potentially even track your laptop’s location using GPS. But ...

Google gets a lot of flak for not respecting user privacy. However, your Google account does come with a comprehensive privacy dashboard that most people simply never check. Your Google privacy ...

As one of the biggest and still one of the most widely used social media platforms out there, Facebook holds a lot of data on its users. If you have an account, chances are high that you may be ...

Generally speaking, the purpose of social media platforms like Twitter (rather X now) is to broadcast your opinions and interests out into the wider world and allow just about anyone anywhere the ...

Whether through the ads it serves, queries it handles, emails it scans, or sensors it tracks, Google knows a lot about you. Most of that information’s given voluntarily with the understanding that ...

Overview: Regularly signing out of Netflix protects your privacy, account security, and personalized viewing preferences.Each ...

Now what? If you have a Twitter account, that’s likely a question you’re asking as you skim the latest headlines around Elon Musk assuming ownership of one of the world’s largest social media ...

Consumer electronics these days seem a little too willing to share your information. Smartphones are ever too eager to grab your data, and these days you can barely trust Windows when it comes to ads ...

One of the biggest draws of the Nintendo Switch 2 is an enhanced suite of social features, allowing you to chat and share gameplay with your friends. It also means new ways to accidentally erode your ...