David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Start using a new app and you’ll often be asked to grant it permissions. But blindly accepting them could expose you to serious privacy and security risks. Let’s take a closer look.

How often do you assess the risk of browser extensions and their permissions? There are a myriad of browser extensions that can be installed in today’s modern web browsers. While browser extensions ...

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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 ...

Jake is a cybersecurity graduate with a knack for simplifying complex technical concepts into digestible nuggets of information. Approaching his one-year milestone of keeping you in the loop on the ...