privacy
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Why You Should Delete Your (Ancient) Foursquare Data
Remember Foursquare? I used to use it (and the company’s other apps) to keep detailed, digital recordings of everywhere I went, which was the cool thing to do back in 2010. And while I don’t use Foursquare’s Android or iOS apps anymore, I’ve given the company a lot of information about me. Thankfully, it’s easy…
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When A Company Asks You To Reset Your Password, Should You Be Worried?
1We try our best to keep Lifehacker readers aware of recent data breaches and security vulnerabilities that might have compromised their data. Any good website or service should tell you what’s up, too. Sometimes, though, you get an email out of the blue that your account credentials have been compromised — even though the company…
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The Best Web Browsers For Privacy And Security
Your web browser knows a lot about you, and tells the sites you visit a lot about you as well ” if you let it. We’ve talked about which browsers are best at ad-blocking, but in this guide, we’re going to focus on the browsers that you’ll want to use to better conceal everything you’re…
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Change These Facebook Settings To Make Your Voice Recordings More Private
In what has become a thing over the past few months, Facebook is the latest of the tech giants to admit that outside contractors were given access to users’ voice recordings.