You wake up in the morning and, first thing, you open your weather app. You close that pesky ad that opens first and check the forecast. You like your weather app, which shows hourly weather forecasts ...

TikTok is growing its data harvesting empire, and avoiding the app won’t protect you – but some easy steps can keep you safe.

Some TikTok users are raising questions about the app's new terms and conditions after the social media platform's split from its China-based parent.

Apple has become the target of another class action lawsuit over privacy, one claiming the iPhone maker has conducted "systemic violations" of wiretapping, privacy, and consumer fraud laws. Filed on ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. There's a dichotomy between what Apple says ...

In the past decade, Apple has positioned itself as a privacy-first company. It has butted heads with law enforcement for encrypting people’s phones, messages, and FaceTime calls, and battled Facebook ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. In my column last week, I wrote about one purpose that is ...

The report claims Temu’s data collection goes far beyond what’s needed for normal app functionality. It accuses Temu of employing tactics commonly used in malware, like self-recompiling code and ...

Apple today launched a new app called Surveyor, which is designed to allow users to collect data like images of street signs and roadside details to improve Apple Maps. The app is not public facing ...

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 ...

Threads, Meta's much anticipated Twitter competitor, faces trouble launching in the European Union (EU) because of stricter privacy regulations. The application is pre-downloadable in the US and UK ...