The new Observing Democracy initiative will aggregate smartphone location data so that researchers can understand the impact of long lines and limited polling places on Election Day.
Limiting the location data that mapping apps store about you doesn’t mean abandoning location services. Here’s how to better control or delete the data your movements generate.
As the controversy-laden ride-sharing service unrolls new privacy controls for users, Uber's technological turns still seem slightly speedier than its customers’ perceptions, if not the law.
Are you trading your privacy and physical safety to play the wildly popular new smartphone game? Who else might be at risk? Here’s a rundown of things to beware of before (and after) downloading it.
Advertisements on your phone do more than just tax your battery and make it hard to see your already small screen. They’re also used to deliver malicious software. Here’s how to block them.
From your wireless carrier to your favorite retailer, hundreds of businesses could be following your movements. Here’s how and why—and what they could be doing with your location information.
