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Death. Taxes. Facebook. The first two you can’t avoid. And the third isn’t that much easier to escape. A long history of privacy backtracking and goofs—like a longstanding vulnerability that allowed Cambridge Analytica to harvest user’s data—has fueled plenty of “Quit Facebook!” chatter. But you’ll miss a lot if you do.

As Internet privacy has become more mainstream, this argument is rightfully fading away. However, it’s still floating around and so we wanted to take a moment to explain three key reasons why it's flawed.

After arriving at their Airbnb in Cork, Ireland, a family from New Zealand made an unsettling discovery: a hidden camera, livestreaming from the living room.

While the specter of employers widely abusing workers’ privacy looms large, it doesn’t appear to be much of a real issue in most offices, factories, and shops across the country.

Websites may abuse WebRTC in Google Chrome to record audio or video using the technology without any indication of that to the user.

On the Internet, search queries are used to target vulnerable consumers.

Google has insisted that it is committed to earning the trust of users, but this latest privacy intrusion revelation might have made that commitment even harder to realize. Here's what you need t

No, it isn’t just for spies and whistle-blowers.

It’s time to reclaim your privacy–and your time–from your friends and coworkers.

Want to be a better you? Rid your smartphone of apps that bring you down, waste your time, and invade your privacy.

While not perfect, either, cloud hosting providers have a better customer data record.

Did you know there's a special kind of iPhone passcode that's almost impossible to crack? Plus seven other tips to help shield your data from prying eyes.