Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Android permissions are at the core of managing how apps interact with your device, safeguarding your data and personal ...

Flatpak apps are gaining serious popularity on Linux distributions but managing the permissions of those apps can be a challenge. But with this handy GUI tool, those permissions are simple to deal ...

Using a smartphone comes with pros and cons. There are features we genuinely enjoy, and others we might be wary of. App permissions are a perfect example of this trade-off. Today, almost everything we ...

In Android 14, you can now give apps permission to access only specific photos or videos on your device, instead of giving them full access to your entire photo library. This is a great way to protect ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Apple's macOS Sequoia has a few new features ...

Have you ever visited a website or downloaded an app, and before you can even get a peek inside, it prompts you to make an account? Pretty annoying, and when you're not even sure you'd like to use ...

Learn how mobile app permissions affect payment security. Understand why UPI apps require specific access and how to protect ...

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Every time we visit a website, we get a pop-up asking for our permission to improve our browsing experience, and most of the time we very leniently give the permission. We don’t really care that we ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. It’s now four years since Apple ...

In this post, we will show you how to disable or enable ‘Notify when apps request location’ in Windows 11. Microsoft has recently released this feature in the Windows Insider Builds, but these Windows ...