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How to grant or deny access to your contacts with iOS 6 privacy controls
By Allyson Kazmucha last updated

How to enable the Guest User account on your Mac
By Luke Filipowicz, Allyson Kazmucha last updated

How to grant or deny access to your location with iOS 6 privacy controls
By Allyson Kazmucha last updated

How to remove keyboard prediction data from your Nintendo Switch
By Jaz Brown last updated
There is now a way to clear the predictive text on your Nintendo Switch and we're going to show you how to do it.

Be on the lookout for this WhatsApp scam
By Mikah Sargent published
This WhatsApp scam uses social engineering to try to get at your information.

Facebook isn't 'free' when the cost is your data — and Zuckerberg knows it
By Rene Ritchie published
How Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg’s war of words reveals a profound split — and potential shift — in how technology companies view and respect our privacy.

Firefox has a new extension to prevent Facebook from snooping on you
By Joe Maring last updated
Firefox, one of the world's most popular web browsers, has an official extension that makes it more difficult for Facebook to track your online data.

Amazon Alexa: What kind of data does Amazon get from me?
By Jerry Hildenbrand published
Amazon wants your data to build a shopping and advertisement profile, not sell it to the highest bidder.

How to delete your watch history on YouTube
By Luke Filipowicz published
YouTube tracks your watch and search history to improve recommendations and other Google services; however, you may not like that. Here's how to delete your YouTube history.

How to keep Instagram from scraping your data
By Lory Gil last updated
In case you didn't know, Facebook owns Instagram and your family photos might be easily scraped by data miners, too.

FTC says it has an 'open non-public investigation' into Facebook
By Joe Maring published
In the latest development of Facebook drama, the FTC's confirmed it has an "open non-public investigation" into the social network site.

Delete your Facebook
By Rene Ritchie last updated
The only way to win the social game is not to play.

Facebook never earned your trust and now we're all paying the price
By Derek Kessler published

How to stop third-party apps from using your Facebook data and protect your privacy
By Serenity Caldwell, Rene Ritchie published
Facebook lets third-party apps abuse your private, personal data and the private, personal data of your friends. To stop it, you have to remove those apps from Facebook.

What exactly does the FBI want from Apple and why?
By Rene Ritchie last updated
New developments cast FBI vs. right to privacy in a harsh new light.

Apple reportedly granted more time to submit formal response in iPhone unlock case
By Dan Thorp-Lancaster last updated
Apple has reportedly been granted an extension in the time it has to formally respond to a court order to assist the FBI in forcibly unlocking an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.
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