Category: Privacy & Tracking

Everything about app tracking, targeted ads and protecting your privacy online.

Why Do You Get Friend Suggestions for People You’ve Never Searched

Tanzeel Ali August 13, 2026

Discover how social platforms suggest friends you’ve never searched — learn about contact sync, mutual connections, and data behind the

Tanzeel Ali August 12, 2026

Discover how free apps monetize your data through ads, tracking, and data sales—learn what you’re really paying and how to

Tanzeel Ali July 29, 2026

Google’s Gemini can now infer your car’s license plate from a photo and your insurance renewal date from an email.

Tanzeel Ali July 13, 2026

Bots now generate over half of all internet traffic. CAPTCHAs can’t keep up, and the fix for that is quietly

Tanzeel Ali July 13, 2026

Your remote isn’t the only thing your TV responds to. Automatic Content Recognition and always-on microphones build a profile most

Tanzeel Ali July 13, 2026

Read your messages? Only you and the recipient can, not the app, the server, or your ISP. But end-to-end encryption

Tanzeel Ali July 12, 2026

Acxiom alone holds profiles on over 300 million Americans, with more than 10,000 data points each. Here’s what a data

Tanzeel Ali July 12, 2026

Why do some apps ask for your microphone permission when they don’t need it? Most aren’t recording you. Here’s what

Tanzeel Ali July 12, 2026

Why do you get friend suggestions for people you’ve never searched? Shadow profiles, data brokers, and co-location tracking explain more

Tanzeel Ali July 10, 2026

What information do websites get when you visit them? More than IP and cookies. Here’s the full data collection list,