Background activity can drain your battery and use your mobile data without you seeing it happen. Apps refresh in the background to keep content updated, which helps you pick up where you left off.

Why would an airline want to know your ethnicity? Or look at the photos on your phone? How about access to your microphone? How about the permission to send text messages on your behalf? Cybernews ...

Whether you own the latest iPhone or one of the Android smartphones, there's a good chance you use more than a few apps daily. From checking the weather to keeping yourself entertained with a game, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about privacy including AI, privtech, data justice and law. Femtech apps aim to empower users by helping them gain ...

According to Block’s filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the breach occurred when a former employee downloaded reports on Dec. 10, 2021, that contained sensitive customer ...

A security lapse at dating app Raw publicly exposed the personal data and private location data of its users, TechCrunch has found. The exposed data included users’ display names, dates of birth, ...

It's easy to surpass your data limit, even with data saver mode activated on your mobile device or WiFi. Not if you can easily track your data usage and identify excessive data apps. While your mobile ...

In today's digital age, concerns over data and privacy are more relevant than ever. With massive data breaches like the recent AT&T data leak, concerned outcries over who has access to our data and ...

The app "Tea," designed for women to anonymously post comments about men they have dated, has suffered a data breach, leaking tens of thousands of user images in what appears to be a targeted effort ...

You might not think twice about that flashlight app you downloaded or the cute game your grandkids recommended. Yet with a single tap, your private data could travel ...

Android backups currently support saving app data, but without per-app options. Google now appears to be working on individual toggles, letting you back up or exclude specific apps. The list sorts ...

A recent study reveals the most data hungry apps 2025, showing social media giants like Meta’s Facebook and Instagram collect vast amounts of “linked” personal data (156 data points each). This ...