social networks

How to protect your Instagram account and personal photos from prying eyes.

Don’t use the service? Delete your account. We explain which accounts are dangerous to leave dormant — and why.

Ten tips to make your private digital life really private.

The tools that can help preserve your online privacy.

When you’re ready to leave the privacy fever dream that is Facebook, make sure you have everything before you lock the door on your way out.

Here’s how to delete or temporarily disable your Instagram account and back up your photos if you want to take a break from the social media service.

Ready to delete your Twitter account? Here’s how. But you’d better back up your tweets first.

Your online privacy does not depend solely on you. We’ll tell you what your loved ones can give away. (Spoiler: It’s absolutely anything, even DNA.)

Protecting privacy online can be good for our mental health. Two reasons: it makes more time for offline socializing and keeps distracting ads at bay.

Fake airline giveaways won’t win you a ticket, but they might steal your data.

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

Social networks are awesome. They feed you news that matter, bring your friends closer, and give you a chance to connect with people all over the world. Your friends are

People post photos of their tickets online. Why shouldn’t they? Instagram alone contains thousands of images showing concert, airplane, and even lottery tickets. If everyone does it, why shouldn’t you?

Main Findings People go on social media to feel better: around half of people choose to post optimistic things online – including things that make them smile (61%). However, social

Facebook’s settings are a moving target. Over the past few years, the company has changed various settings several times, adding, moving, even removing options. Now it’s really easy to get

According to our recent survey, more than 70% of active Internet users have considered quitting their social networks, primarily, they say, because they waste too much time on them. I

A recent survey of 4,831 active social network users, conducted by Kaspersky Lab in 12 countries, reveals that an overwhelming majority (78%) of respondents considered quitting their social networks —

An old-school habit, labelling the back of photos, has transitioned into something more appropriate for the digital age. These days, one needn’t scribble comments on a photo; your camera, an

So, you created a Facebook account, probably more than a few years ago. And maybe you even set it up well, checking through all of the available privacy and security

In the beginning, the Internet was not terrifically user friendly — early users needed tech chops just to get online, and they had to do so over a wired, dial-up

Everyone likes Twitter. Well, okay, maybe not everyone, but at least 310 million users visit the microblogging platform monthly. And now these 310 million have to consider changing their Twitter