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How to opt out of Amazon Sidewalk and stop sharing internet with neighbors
If you have Echo smart speakers or a Ring smart doorbell in the U.S., Amazon will soon connect your devices to its new mesh network, Amazon Sidewalk, by default. On June 8, Amazon will automatically e...
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Your old phone number is putting you at risk
If you’ve ever switched to a new phone number, chances are your old number will be reassigned to someone else. This practice of recycling phone numbers is standard, but it poses a significant privac...
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WhatsApp’s new privacy policy explained (2021)
Updated on May 31, 2021: If you haven't agreed to its new privacy policy, WhatsApp now says it won't restrict your app's functions, although the app will prompt you from time to time to agree to the ...
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App Store’s privacy labels: Fact or fiction?
Apple introduced app privacy labels in the App Store in December 2020 with the aim of showing users downloading any app what sort of data it collects. The labels are meant to act as a summary of the a...
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Here’s what vaccine scams look like
At the start of the pandemic outbreak, we saw an increase in Covid-related phishing and ransomware attacks. Now, as the world is starting to get vaccinated for the virus, phishers and scammers are try...
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The EU is closer to banning AI mass surveillance
What’s worse than mass surveillance? That’s surveillance that uses facial-recognition tech. And the EU has taken the first step to ensure it doesn’t become the new standard for policing. In a ne...
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Is a kid-friendly Instagram possible?
Update: In September 2021, Instagram announced that it would put the development of Instagram Kids on pause as it worked with parents, experts, and policymakers "to demonstrate the value and importanc...
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Tinder will soon offer background checks on your matches
This post was originally published on March 31, 2021. The greatest risk of dating through apps is that you often find yourself meeting up in person with a complete stranger—someone who could have a ...
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Don't post your vaccine cards on social media
As exciting as it is to share the news that you’ve been vaccinated, try to avoid showing photos of your Covid-19 vaccine cards—given to inoculated people as a record—on social media. The vaccine...
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1 year on: As Covid-19 raged, our privacy slid
It’s hard to overstate just how much the pandemic has shaped the way we lived, worked, studied, and traveled. As we pass the one-year mark since the WHO declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, an...
