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How URL shorteners work, how they can be used, and the privacy and security threats they pose.
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To Threads or Not to Threads? That is the privacy question
Discussing privacy in Threads, and whether you should sign up to Zuckerberg’s Twitter clone.
GPSAre geolocation services spying on you?
Learn how geolocation services work, and who learns of your location when your smartphone pins it down.
Who is tracking you on the web and how
What web beacons and tracker pixels are, what’s so obnoxious about them, and how to disable them.
stalkerwareStalkerware — the threat is still there
What is stalkerware, how widespread is the problem, and what is the relationship between domestic and digital abuse.
AndroidHow smartphone makers track users
A recent study shows that even “clean” Android smartphones collect a lot of information about their owners.
App Tracking Transparency on Apple devices
How to respond to tracking requests in iOS, iPadOS and tvOS 14.5 — or opt out of app tracking completely.
How to tell if a website is taking your (browser) fingerprints
Researchers have created an extension to learn about the information websites collect to “fingerprint” browsers.
TinyCheck
Mobile apps are watching you
Mobile apps can track your location and sell the data to third parties. What can you do about it?
kidsHow to keep track of little ones on the loose
It’s hard not to worry when you don’t know where your child is. We explain how to pinpoint their location and save your nerves.
From zero to online privacy hero in 5 steps
Tools and approaches to help you get some online privacy.
Why you should try listening to your cookies
Listen to your cookies with the Listening Back browser extension to understand the real scale of Web tracking.
How to keep spies off your phone — in real life, not the movies
How paranoid employers and jealous partners can spy on you, and why chip bags are best left to movie heroes.
Terminator 6/3: Sarah Connor and a bag of chips
In the latest Terminator movie, is Sarah Connor protected against cell-phone tracking?
productsI heard a bug in Kaspersky products could be used for spying. Is that true?
The truth about the recently discovered — and already fixed — bug in Kaspersky consumer products.
E-mail tracking: What it is and how you can protect yourself
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.
GPS trackers: Cyberpoaching paradise
How tools designed to study and protect rare species can turn from gamekeeper to poacher.
Experiment: How easy is it to spy on a smartwatch wearer?
We investigate intercepting smartwatch motion-sensor data to monitor people and steal information.
