These 11 popular apps may be recording you via microphone or camera. Here's how to stop them. The post 11 apps that may be ...

A cybersecurity firm says a popular Android screen recording app that racked up tens of thousands of downloads on Google’s app store subsequently began spying on its users, including by stealing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To turn on your Android's microphone, go to Settings and check app permissions for the mic. If muted during a call, simply press ...

One of my favorite tiny features from Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 operating system is a big one for privacy and security—a rare two-fer. Whenever an app accesses your camera or microphone, you’ll see a ...

Microphone Permission: Find out which apps on your phone are using the microphone. Here is an easy way to check microphone permissions on Android and iPhone. Microphone permission: Nowadays, almost ...

Have you ever experienced that weird moment where you were just talking about a new store or restaurant, and then it appeared in your social media ads just minutes later? While it might just be a ...

You might notice in iOS 14 that the microphone indicator light is present even when you've muted yourself in an app. Apple says you shouldn't be concerned, as the indicator may remain active because ...

Google’s update to Android comes with some new security and privacy features. For one thing, it won’t let apps access your phone or microphone while running in the background. When installing a new ...

There may be a reason why that ol’ “Facebook is listening to you talk” conspiracy theory refuses to die – and not just because Facebook’s ad technology has gotten so good, it’s downright creepy. As it ...

With MacOS Mojave, Apple introduces new security features to Safari that make it harder for shady web trackers to follow you and new privacy controls that let you restrict apps from accessing your Mac ...