Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 brings back the expandable location indicator, a feature Google previously tested in Android 13 but never released. Tapping the new blue status bar icon opens a privacy dialog ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Apple is introducing a new privacy feature that lets users limit the precision of location data shared with cellular networks on some iPhone and iPad models. The "Limit Precise Location" setting will ...

Apple Adds New iPhone Privacy Setting to Blur Location Data Shared With Carriers Your email has been sent Your iPhone might soon stop telling your wireless carrier ...

With iOS 26.3, Apple is adding a new "limit precise location" setting that reduces the location data available to mobile networks to increase user privacy. Mobile networks determine location based on ...

You can use a VPN app to choose from a long list of virtual locations. (Sam Chapman for Engadget) Chances are that you're here because you've heard a virtual private network (VPN) can change your ...

If Microsoft Authenticator is showing the wrong location of the sign-in request, here is how you can fix the problem. It could happen due to a VPN or proxy, your OS’s location data being inaccurate, ...

Google is adding a new notifying dot in Android 16 QPR3 which tells you when an app is accessing your location. Back in 2021’s Android 12 release, Google added a new green dot to prominently notify ...

Emilee Rader receives funding from the National Science Foundation. If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you shop for ...

The new location tool on X has revealed that a slew of users seeking donations while claiming to be posting from inside Gaza are actually outside the zone and taking advantage of the devastating war.

Microsoft Teams is adding a feature that could automatically share your work location with your organization when you connect to the office Wi-Fi. If an administrator enables the new feature, ...

When we talk about phones and location sharing, we’re typically talking about limiting how much info overly aggressive apps can access. But there’s another side to location sharing—and that’s actively ...