Privacy

In this week’s edition Kaspersky Lab’s Transatlantic Cable podcast, Dave and Jeff discuss a North Carolina county victimized by ransomware, Apple Face ID, and more.

Facebook sends so many notifications that sometimes it’s tempting just to turn them off. We tell you how to do it — or how to adjust them so they don’t take over your life.

Google’s new E-Screen Protector prompts users when prying eyes are on their smartphone screen. Is this technology useful?

Websites are logging your clicks, keystrokes, and more

Attackers pretending to be acquaintances asking for money — the story is old, the approaches new. We show you how to avoid the e-bait.

Some habits, at first glance, seem to have nothing at all to do with security. However, looks can be deceiving.

Take our quiz and find out if your online dating activity is likely to come back and bite you.

Want to protect your intimate photos from ever going public? Facebook has a suggestion: Upload them yourself!

We are used to entrusting dating apps with our innermost secrets. How carefully do they treat this information?

Our research shows most users of online dating sites fudge information about themselves. Why they do it and what you can do about it.

Transatlantic Cable Podcast episode 2: autonomous pizza delivery, Sarahah’s privacy issues, reprieve for victims of Yahoo!’s data breach and more.

Can I interest you in a nice, long, legally binding document? It’ll only take a few hours and maybe a law degree. No? You’re not alone.

Here’s why you need to ignore the Jayden K. Smith messages.

Targeted ads are all over the Internet nowadays. One minute you’re searching for information about hair loss, the next you’re seeing offers for a remedy. Click the Like button on

As you move around the Internet, it is almost impossible not to leave any digital footprints. And generally speaking, being followed on the Internet is not okay with most people.

A new buzzword is echoing all over the world, and it consists of only three letters: V, P, and N. VPN. Do you know what a VPN is? If not,

What do you suppose the click-through rate is for links received by men in dating app messages from attractive women? Take a guess — 1%? 5%? 15%? According to research

Considering the sweeping regulations and laws meant to safeguard children’s privacy in particular, you might think electronic devices and connected toys for kids would be particularly safe and secure. We

Some time ago we tested FindFace, a service that compares photos with the database of avatars from the VK.com social network and looks for matches. Back then, my colleagues had some

1. What is a VPN? From Wikipedia’s current definition: “A virtual private network (VPN) is a virtualized extension of a private network across a public network such as the Internet.”

Main Findings The rapid growth in the use of applications has significantly added to the digital clutter that exists on people’s digital devices: for example, users typically install 12 Android