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Blurred faces crowd.

You should blur the faces in your protest photos. Here’s how.

By Stan Horaczek

Quarantine scam

Scams are thriving during COVID-19. Here’s what to watch out for.

By PopSci Editors

a person using their phone on the subway

Everything you need to do before you start a free trial

a bowl of chocolate chip cookies on a bed of whole coffee beans and ground coffee

What are cookies, and why are Google, Mozilla, and others going to war against them?

The Nigerian prince scam is still fooling people. Here’s why.

By Eleanor Cummins

Building an app is hard.

The Iowa caucus app never had a chance

By Stan Horaczek

Ring's security camera.

Tips for keeping your security cameras secure

By Stan Horaczek

Facebook wants your messages to be 100-percent private. The government has other ideas.

Facebook wants your messages to be 100-percent private. The government has other ideas.

Smart home camera

The biggest security breakthroughs of 2019

By Eric Adams and Chuck Squatriglia

Closeup to macbook keyboard

Stay safer online by leveling up your cybersecurity vocabulary

The government’s plan to collect migrant DNA could send us down a slippery slope for surveillance

The government’s plan to collect migrant DNA could send us down a slippery slope for surveillance

By Jack Herrera

The most important changes in macOS Catalina to know before updating

The most important changes in macOS Catalina to know before updating

By Stan Horaczek

How to safely find out what’s on a mysterious USB device

How to safely find out what’s on a mysterious USB device

Scammers are targeting your calendar—here’s how to stop them

Scammers are targeting your calendar—here’s how to stop them

What you need to know about email trackers and how to stop them

What you need to know about email trackers and how to stop them

Posting a copyright notice on social media doesn’t actually accomplish anything

Posting a copyright notice on social media doesn’t actually accomplish anything

By Stan Horaczek

The FCC created an online index for known phone scams

The FCC created an online index for known phone scams

By Stan Horaczek

How to do two-factor authentication like a pro

How to do two-factor authentication like a pro

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

FaceApp is a privacy nightmare, but so is almost everything else you do online

FaceApp is a privacy nightmare, but so is almost everything else you do online

By Stan Horaczek

This typhoon-resistant facility in Guam will power the tubes that give us the internet

This typhoon-resistant facility in Guam will power the tubes that give us the internet

Google and YouTube are giving you more control over your data and recommendations

Google and YouTube are giving you more control over your data and recommendations

How a foreign country hacks a power grid

How a foreign country hacks a power grid

You should enable Google’s new auto-delete privacy feature

You should enable Google’s new auto-delete privacy feature

How to combat the threat of Android malware

How to combat the threat of Android malware

By Whitson Gordon

It’s time to change your Facebook password again thanks to a plain text storage bug

It’s time to change your Facebook password again thanks to a plain text storage bug

By Stan Horaczek

Facebook just made some big privacy promises, and they all hinge on encryption

Amazon is thinking about routers and you should be, too

By Stan Horaczek

Facebok privacy

You don’t have to delete Facebook, but you could definitely be using it better

By Stan Horaczek

The Marriott data breach exposed millions of passports. Here’s what thieves can do with them.

The Marriott data breach exposed millions of passports. Here’s what thieves can do with them.

By PopSci Editors

This change can make your online browsing faster and more private

This change can make your online browsing faster and more private

Setting up a secure private email server isn’t as hard as it sounds

Setting up a secure private email server isn’t as hard as it sounds

Here’s how an AI lie detector can tell when you’re fibbing

Here’s how an AI lie detector can tell when you’re fibbing

Wi-Fi could get much faster thanks to a proposed change in the wireless spectrum

Wi-Fi could get much faster thanks to a proposed change in the wireless spectrum

Tim Cook says Apple supports general digital privacy laws in the U.S.

Tim Cook says Apple supports general digital privacy laws in the U.S.

By Stan Horaczek

Get ready for a lot more facial recognition at the airport

A running list of hacks, leaks, and vulnerabilities that have recently given up your personal information

By Popular Science Team

What you can do to prevent Google—and others—from tracking your phone

This tiny Google product could help secure your accounts

This tiny Google product could help secure your accounts

Do you really need to properly eject a USB drive before yanking it out?

Do you really need to properly eject a USB drive before yanking it out?

This AI can see people through walls. Here’s how.

This AI can see people through walls. Here’s how.

What you need to know about your browser’s digital fingerprints

What you need to know about your browser’s digital fingerprints

Here’s what kind of data genetics testing companies can share

Here’s what kind of data genetics testing companies can share

Social Security Number Hack

Your social security number probably got leaked and that’s very, very bad

By Stan Horaczek

Screenshot of Facebook's Reactions feature

You wanna see something wild? Check out all the advertisers targeting you on Facebook.

By Stan Horaczek

Zuck house testimony

Watch: Day two of Mark Zuckerberg’s Washington testimony

By Stan Horaczek

Here’s what you need to know before Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in Washington

Here’s what you need to know before Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in Washington

By Stan Horaczek

Your private browsing isn’t as incognito as you want it to be

Your private browsing isn’t as incognito as you want it to be

The HTTPS in your browser’s address bar is important for staying safe on the web

The HTTPS in your browser’s address bar is important for staying safe on the web

By Stan Horaczek

The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities affect nearly every computer. Here’s what you need to know.

The Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities affect nearly every computer. Here’s what you need to know.

How to stop hackers from rickrolling your smart speaker

How to stop hackers from rickrolling your smart speaker

By Corinne Iozzio

Here’s how Apple can figure out which emojis are popular

Here’s how Apple can figure out which emojis are popular

The year’s most important innovations in security

The year’s most important innovations in security

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Wi-Fi has a serious vulnerability. Here’s how to stay safe.

Apple’s new Face ID system uses a sensing strategy that dates back decades

Apple’s new Face ID system uses a sensing strategy that dates back decades

How to avoid eBay scams

your anti-virus software is not enough

Your anti-virus software is not enough

Nest Protect Smoke + CO Alarm review: Fewer false alarms and no more midnight battery chirps

Nest Protect Smoke + CO Alarm review: Fewer false alarms and no more midnight battery chirps

By Popular Science Team

WannaCry Screenshot

5 things we learned from WanaCryptor, the biggest ransomware attack in internet history

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

The biggest ransomware attack in history is crippling UK hospitals

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Updated: 3 things to do now to check up on your data privacy settings

Updated: 3 things to do now to check up on your data privacy settings

Computer scientists are developing a ‘master’ fingerprint that could unlock your phone

Computer scientists are developing a ‘master’ fingerprint that could unlock your phone

Passwords suck, but lip-reading computers won’t save us

Passwords suck, but lip-reading computers won’t save us

Google just made the internet a tiny bit less annoying

Google just made the internet a tiny bit less annoying

A Hacker Infiltrating A Computer

WikiLeaks’s CIA hacking trove doesn’t live up to the hype

By Kelsey D. Atherton