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We explore what Google Ad Topics is, how it functions, and how to disable it. Along the way, we discuss the related topics of Google FLoC, Privacy Sandbox, and the demise of third-party cookies.

Researchers have found several spyware-infected versions of Telegram and Signal on Google Play.

How URL shorteners work, how they can be used, and the privacy and security threats they pose.

Discussing privacy in Threads, and whether you should sign up to Zuckerberg’s Twitter clone.

Learn how geolocation services work, and who learns of your location when your smartphone pins it down.

What web beacons and tracker pixels are, what’s so obnoxious about them, and how to disable them.

What is stalkerware, how widespread is the problem, and what is the relationship between domestic and digital abuse.

A recent study shows that even “clean” Android smartphones collect a lot of information about their owners.

How to respond to tracking requests in iOS, iPadOS and tvOS 14.5 — or opt out of app tracking completely.

Researchers have created an extension to learn about the information websites collect to “fingerprint” browsers.

Three ways to find a surveillance apps on your smartphone.

Mobile apps can track your location and sell the data to third parties. What can you do about it?

Listen to your cookies with the Listening Back browser extension to understand the real scale of Web tracking.

How paranoid employers and jealous partners can spy on you, and why chip bags are best left to movie heroes.

In the latest Terminator movie, is Sarah Connor protected against cell-phone tracking?

The truth about the recently discovered — and already fixed — bug in Kaspersky consumer products.

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.

Websites are logging your clicks, keystrokes, and more

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

Recent news about IP cameras being hacked and private footage sold unlawfully online has bestirred the Internet yet again. Such headlines are now unsurprising; however, one new case has a sensitive twist:

Just getting started with your new iOS device? That’s great, and we don’t want to be a buzzkill, but we strongly urge you do devote some time to adjusting the