Let’s face it: At best, most of us are reliant on our phones these days. (At worst, we’re downright addicted.) But do you ever consider the things your smartphone knows about you? To put it mildly, it ...

You understand that your phone knows where you’re located. This is how GPS works, how Find My Friends sees your location, and why you get local ads on Facebook and Google. Like other data on your ...

Knowledge is power. That is more true today than ever before. With a little bit of information, anyone can learn almost anything about anyone. If a particularly malicious hacker obtains the right (or ...

LONDON (AP) — Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been — if you let them. Microsoft $9.7 billion deal with ...

Imagine if a data broker knows your phone is on a nightstand next to another phone six nights a week and across town on the seventh night. That data broker also knows everywhere you go and how long ...

Almost everyone carries their phone with them at all times. This allows you to be tracked every step of the way – unless you take steps to stop it. When an app requests your location data, it may seem ...

LONDON (AP) — Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been — if you let them. When you use a map app to find ...

LONDON (AP) — Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been — if you let them. When you use a map app to find ...

If in your usual phone-wallet-keys pat down you find that the former is missing, there is a quick way to ensure thieves will not be able to prevent you from finding it. For iPhone users, a tracking ...