Software & Design
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How to Tell Which Apps Can See Your Private iPhone Data
Every year, Apple releases new features that both improve data privacy on the iPhone, and set a new benchmark for the industry as a whole. With iOS 15, it’s all about transparency. iOS 15.2 brings a new feature called App Privacy Report that provides a visual, easy-to-read report of all the ways an app is…
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How to Spot ‘Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour’ on Facebook, According to Snopes
“Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour,” a phrase coined by Facebook, is the use of multiple social media accounts or pages to mislead or influence people for political or financial ends. As part of the deception, these pages hide the identities and obscure the motives of the people behind them.
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What to Do If Someone Is Impersonating You on Instagram
Is someone copying my Instagram? It’s a more common concern than you might think. Scammers sometimes impersonate legitimate accounts on Instagram to fool friends and family or catfish unsuspecting strangers. If you come across an account impersonating you or someone you know, you can take action and request the account be shut down.
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How to Lock Your Secrets in the Notes App (and Why You Should)
Searching for data or photo lockers will lead you to many apps. Some of them are genuinely secure — others, less so — but given that you’re dealing with secure data (documents, photos, security codes or bank details), you maybe don’t want to trust a third-party iPhone app that happens to have a thousand 5-star…