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Using the most common families of malicious extensions as an example, we explain what can go wrong after installing a browser plug-in.

Google Play’s app descriptions have a new Data Safety section now. We explain why this isn’t such great news.

A Trojan that masquerades as a banking app and imitates phone conversations with bank employees.

How to set app permissions in iOS 15 for maximum privacy and security.

You can refuse some permissions to greedy games, and they most definitely do not need these five.

How a photo editor app from Google Play secretly signed up users for unwanted paid services.

Ten tips to make your private digital life really private.

Apps that demand access to calls and SMS messaging without good reason are being kicked off Google Play. We explain what threats might arise.

Android lets you configure app permissions to protect your data and restrict access to dangerous functions. We explain how to do it and why.

How a seemingly harmless Android application can infect your smartphone using shared external storage.

How a couple of simple permissions let an application steal passwords, log user actions, and do many other nasty things.