NSA recommends rebooting a phone every week to stop hacking
As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got…
How To Spoof your GPS Location on an Android
Whether you want to watch Netflix shows that are only available in another country or you want to change your location on Snapchat, there are plenty of reasons to spoof…
How to add the mic and camera killswitches in Android 12
Android 12 adds killswitches for both the mic and camera. This new feature makes it possible for users to shut off access to hardware that could potentially lead to privacy…
Metadata: the hidden fingerprint inside your photos
When you take a photo, your smartphone or digital camera stores "metadata" within the image file. This automatically and parasitically burrows itself into every photo you take. It is data…
This Android malware claims to give hackers full control of your smartphone
A new combination of two older types of Android malware, which provides hackers with access to almost everything a user does on an Android smartphone, is up for sale on…
Should you delete TikTok from your phone?
It’s a tough time to be a TikToker. The video-sharing platform owned by the Chinese technology giant ByteDance has been censured in India, accused of “spying” by the president of…
The Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked
Because living in modern society necessitates putting an uncomfortably large amount of trust in third parties, the answer is often “not a whole lot.” We said that last year when…
These startups aim to smash Apple and Google’s smartphone duopoly
For years, the devices and services we use have ever more aggressively monitored our activities and mined our data. But as consumers have grown increasingly attuned to privacy concerns, solutions…