privacy

  • A woman on her laptop holds her credit card in one hand.

    How to protect yourself while shopping online

    Cybersecurity expert Prasad Calyam shares tips for staying safe as you shop online this holiday season.

  • A young woman holds a pair of glasses and fake mustache over her face.

    AI ‘mask’ could protect you from facial recognition

    A new artificial intelligence model creates invisible digital masks to defend against unwanted facial recognition.

  • A woman uses her laptop to browse the internet while wearing large blue headphones and sitting on a couch.

    Browser add-ons could be collecting your private data

    Thousands of browser extensions extract sensitive data without explicit user consent, according to new research.

  • A person holds the new camera, which has both a square and circular lens.

    New camera turns people into stick figures to protect privacy

    A new camera that replaces a person’s likeness with a generic stick figure could reduce unnecessary surveillance in the age of smart devices.

  • A man looks concerned as he reads text messages from his phone.

    Thousands of messages shed light on texting scams

    Researchers collected a huge amount of data on text message phishing attacks to clarify the scope and nature of the operations.

  • A group of kids wearing virtual reality helmets looking upward.

    Why parents should worry more about kids’ VR use

    Despite privacy and security risks, parents aren't as worried about their kids' use of virtual reality as they should be, researchers say.

  • A person holds a large mirror in front of his body.

    Disappearing photos increase dating app matches

    Sharing photos that vanish after being seen can increase the number of matches on a dating app, researchers report.

  • A man holding his phone looks annoyed.

    New tool is the latest weapon in fight against robocalls

    A new tool could help reveal more information about pesky robocalls and shed light on related criminal activity.

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    Is Threads bad for privacy? Not uniquely, expert says

    Is the new social network Threads a privacy nightmare? An expert argues that it doesn't represent a new threat to people already using Facebook or Instagram.

  • A mom hugs her child while sitting at a kitchen table in front of a laptop.

    Less than half of parents have a patient portal for kids

    Only 43% of parents have set up a patient portal for their child others may not be optimizing portal use, according to a new poll.

  • silhouette of person running on rural road

    Strava fitness app can reveal private info

    The fitness app Strava allows anyone to find the personal information—including home addresses—of some users, report researchers.

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    We’ve left our DNA pretty much everywhere

    Human DNA can be found nearly everywhere. That's good news for science, but bad news for privacy.