An update to Mozilla Firefox shipped last week enhances your tracking protection.
Author: Rob Pegoraro, Special for USA TODAY
Here’s how to see who’s tracking you across the Web right now
An update to Mozilla Firefox shipped last week enhances your tracking protection.
Too-smart toilets and work-tracking shirts: Could this tech in Tokyo come to the U.S.?
The stories your clothes and commode could tell! The CEATEC trade show in Japan gives a glimpse at tech we may see here in America in the near future.
Netflix: Why would somebody bother to hack your account on the streaming service?
Netflix accounts don’t really offer the selling potential stolen Facebook accounts do, but they still tempt a subset of hackers.
Should you let your cable company sell you wireless service, too?
Cable operators can beat the rates of the big four wireless carriers. But these offerings also come with gotchas of their own.
Firefox browser blocks sites and advertisers from tracking you online by default
Like Apple’s Safari, Firefox’s tracking prevention stops ad networks from identifying your browser with cookies that follow you across the internet.
At Collision conference, Facebook and the rest of tech gets taken to task once again
Facebook gets more heat as conference speakers take it to task for its vast influence and inability to address such persistent problems as fake users.
Why your cable company might be happy to see you stop subscribing to its TV service
The steady march of TV cord cutting (plus continued inflation in programming costs) has led some smaller cable operators to stop fighting this trend.
Facebook, lose my digits: Here’s how to unlist your phone number
A phone number can mean much more when it’s stored on Facebook’s servers– even if you only provided it to help secure your account.
Breaking up Big Tech: Advocates spar over how to trim sails of technology giants at SXSW
Elizabeth Warren talked about her plan to bust up Facebook, Apple and Google. Others questioned her idea, nobody suggested remaining totally hands off.