Miami University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to use a single setting to control the level ...

Programs like Gmail, Microsoft, and Facebook that have been around for years have quietly activated and incorporated AI features. Experts say that if there is nothing nefarious about the AI inclusion, ...

Privacy is personal, so you shouldn’t treat the settings I listed here as a checklist. Treat them as suggestions. Your tolerance for data collection and the ...

I thought I had my Facebook, Google, Instagram, X, Venmo and LinkedIn on privacy lockdown. Then I got terrified by a new service called Block Party. It scans nine critical apps for 223 privacy, ...

There is a simple way to make ChatGPT a lot more effective: Change the default settings. Just a few tweaks can help make your conversations much smoother and more focused—and protect your privacy, too ...