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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Protect your privacy by keeping those permissions to a minimum. Protect your privacy by keeping those permissions ...

Turns out "set it and forget it" isn't great privacy advice.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. You can decide what data your apps are allowed to access — and what they are not You can decide what data your ...

App permissions are almost like an invisible sentry, governing what type of data and device access your apps get. If you’ve ever downloaded a new app or activated a new feature, the chances are you ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Is Your Smartphone Sharing Too Much? When was the last time you checked what the apps on your phone are allowed to do? If you're like most people ...

Using a smartphone comes with pros and cons. There are features we genuinely enjoy, and others we might be wary of. App permissions are a perfect example of this trade-off. Today, almost everything we ...

The White House launched an official mobile app this week that requests several permissions unusual for a government news ...