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Why would a criminal want to hack your phone? Perhaps the better question may be: Why wouldn't they? We take a look at all the reasons hackers have for breaking into your most precious device—and what you can do to stop it.
Some apps do more harm than good. And “free” apps often come with hidden costs. These tenets hold as true for education apps as they do for those in ...
It's not just Facebook: Android and iOS’s App Stores have incentivized an app economy where free apps make money by selling your personal data and location history to advertisers.
Phishing is more problematic on smartphones than on desktops. Not only that, approaches to handling phishing attacks on mobile are quite different because their techniques are also different. So, how can users sniff out a mobile phish? Let us count the ways.
Hundreds of apps can follow your movements and share the details with advertisers, retailers and even hedge funds. Here’s how to limit the snooping.
Is screen time actually screen time?
iOS offers more tools than ever to defend yourself against hackers, nosy sites, and other intruders. Here’s why they matter and how to benefit from them.
In a new study of the most downloaded apps for children ages 5 and younger, researchers found advertising in almost all of them.
Many users report anxiety and lack of control over the amount of time they spend online. We call this feeling “the Vortex.”
America’s public schools are still promoting devices with screens — even offering digital-only preschools. The rich are banning screens from class altogether.
Large-scale collection of human behavioral data by companies raises serious privacy concerns. We show that behavior captured in the form of application usage data collected from smartphones is...
User experience and performance are aligned–in theory. Jason Lengstorf gets into the paradox of how the steps we take to make things easier for our users might actually be making things worse for t…
We take a look at what's going with gaming juggernaut Fortnite's decision to snub the Google Play store, why allowing installs from unknown sources on Android is a bad idea, and what the future might bring if such a setup ever catches on.
Teach your children to use technology in a healthy, responsible way. Learn what to watch for, how to set limits and stick to them, and when it's O.K. to embrace screen time.
This is the second part in a series on enhancing mobile forms for users. In the [first part](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/08/ux-html5-mobile-form-part-1/), we saw some general guidelines on how to improve form readability for mobile users, label placement and size, interaction cost and dealing with errors.
With almost a quarter of all search queries on Android devices currently spoken, here's more detail on the work we've been doing to meet the emerging needs of voice assistant users and make government more accessible.
Both encryption and the law are stacked against Facebook
This research exposes how much data Google is collecting about consumers and their most personal habits across all of its products.
Biometrics are moving way beyond fingerprints: To fight fraud, companies are building databases on people’s behaviors and movements.