Last week, claims spread across the internet that Google was secretly collecting users' private messages to train Gemini. The claims center on the company's "smart features" settings, and suggest ...

It’s easy to become numb to stories about hackers and data breaches. But I got the wakeup call everybody dreads.

Scammers are sending fake Facebook settlement payout emails that mimic legitimate notices from the privacy settlement ...

Most AI companies keep a file on everything you say to their bots. Your words, pictures, clicks and ideas help make their AI smarter. They use it to personalize bot responses so you stick around ...

It's becoming harder and harder to know what the rules are when it comes to generative AI. With Meta, X, and even the UK government behind opt-out models, it feels like AI is in a "steal first, ask ...

To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. You probably noticed it sometime in the past few months: a new search bar in your Instagram DMs, a suggestion to ask ...

Google shared a new update on Nov. 5, confirming that Gemini Deep Research can now use context from your Gmail, Drive and Chat. This allows the AI to pull information from your messages, attachments ...

As I write, European Union (E.U.) officials are debating the details of a proposal to either require or pressure tech companies to scan all private messages for child sexual abuse material. Dubbed ...

No Right to Private Messages? As the E.U.'s discussion over chat control heated up over the summer, Danish Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard, a proponent of surveillance, commented, "We must break ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 3 with advice on other encrypted messaging platforms ...

When you’re at your faction’s public player housing zone, you will get a quest that takes you on a tour of the area that is account-wide. Each neighborhood is a large zone with many plots, with ...

The FBI warns that malicious actors are now sending fraudulent messages pretending to be from “senior U.S. officials,” but ...