With all the drama swirling around Chrome’s now-scrapped plans to deprecate third-party cookies, it’s easy to forget that the fate of Google’s mobile advertising ID (GAID) still hangs in the balance.

The Tor Project, known for its highly anonymous Tor browser, has just expanded into VPNs. The company's first "experimental" ...

OS 18, Android 15, and Matter 1.4.2 transform device security with passkeys, permission audits, and smart home protection you can actually control.

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The Murena SHIFTphone 8 launches today, September 15, 2025. This modular smartphone eliminates Google services entirely. Users gain unprecedented control ...

The Android Privacy Dashboard offers users a 24-hour view of permissions-related activities on their devices. If you prefer having a more comprehensive view beyond 24 ...

For years, Android privacy has felt… patchy. Each brand tweaks Google’s base system, apps ask for permissions in wildly inconsistent ways, and users often get lost in a sea of confusing prompts. This ...

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In a nutshell: The second beta of Android 15 is here, bringing along a handful of useful features to enhance the operating system's security. Google now allows Android users to have a tighter grip ...

After hitting some roadblocks, Google released Android 15 to eligible devices. While it looks like an incremental upgrade in features and user interface, Google did a commendable job with security add ...

One of the most prickly misconceptions around Android is that it’s completely incompatible with privacy. If you use Android, the wonky thinking goes, you’re giving into a lifetime of unavoidable ...