Researchers collected a huge amount of data on text message phishing attacks to clarify the scope and nature of the operations.

Police can reconstruct someone’s movements for days or weeks at a time, without any court oversight.

A data privacy expert explains how machine learning algorithms draw inferences and how that leads to privacy concerns.

Privacy advocates lost out when Congress reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without major reforms. But the renewal fight returns in 2 years.

Despite privacy and security risks, parents aren't as worried about their kids' use of virtual reality as they should be, researchers say.

Researchers have developed a security solution for power-hungry AI models that offers protection against two common attacks.

If the US wants to protect young people from misinformation and foreign influence, focusing on TikTok is barking up the wrong tree.

Sharing photos that vanish after being seen can increase the number of matches on a dating app, researchers report.

Congress is considering bills to protect kids online. Some of what’s in those bills could help, but some elements could be harmful.

The dangers posed by the largely unregulated commercial data market prompted the Biden administration to try to prevent adversarial countries from exploiting Americans’ sensitive personal data.