smartphone safety
How to Check if an App Is Selling Your Location Data
That flashlight app probably doesn’t need to know where you’ve been all day. But there’s a decent chance it knows exactly that, and that somewhere, that detail is worth money to someone. Location data is one of the most valuable things your phone collects, and one of the least visible. You can’t see it leave […]
How to Set Up a New Smartphone Safely, Step by Step
There’s a specific kind of chaos that hits every August: new backpacks, new shoes, and somewhere in a shopping bag, a shiny new phone still wrapped in plastic. Maybe it’s for a kid starting middle school. Maybe it’s your own upgrade after three years of a cracked screen. Either way, that first hour with a […]