spying

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban vulnerable IoT-enabled toys from the marketplace. In its complaint, the non-profit public interest research organization calls out two toys for spying on its young consumers: My Friend Cayla and...

Director of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) James Comey puts tape over his webcam and he wants you to do it too. Speaking at the recent Center for Strategic and International Studies conference on Wednesday, Comey likened covering your cam to locking your car and the door to your...

The media is awash with FUD-ridden claims that Windows 10 is "spying" on users, sending to Microsoft all your data and secrets. It's total hogwash, and no one making these claims can produce a scrap of evidence to back up their claims. I love the X-Files, and I enjoy a conspiracy theory as much...

Despite what you may have read, Windows 10 is not spying on everything you do. So feel free to remove your tin-foil beanie. However, Windows 10 could potentially collect a ton of data about you — probably more personal information than any operating system in history. That’s due largely to...