With a revamped privacy indicator appearing as a tappable blue icon in the status bar, you can see exactly which apps are ...

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When an app uses your mic or tracks your location, Windows displays small icons in the taskbar. Hovering over these icons ...

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Your cellular network can determine your device’s location using a network-initiated location request. Your device’s privacy settings do not impact whether this request is honored. However, Android 15 ...

Most people have easy access to location-sharing apps, but how they use them and the drama that ensues differs. For Maria-Camila Garcia (right), only her true friends let her track their whereabouts.

Last year, ChromeOS introduced Camera and Microphone access toggles that match the Android experience, and Chromebooks will soon be getting a location privacy control ...

Katherine Haan, MBA, is a Senior Staff Writer for Forbes Advisor and a former financial advisor turned international bestselling author and business coach. For more than a decade, she’s helped small ...