iOS

Tracking pixels are tiny, typically 1x1 pixels, images embedded in email messages that allow the collection of user data on email interactions, such as if a message has been opened or not, without the user's knowledge or consent. In this guide you will learn how to prevent tracking pixels from phoning home and reporting your activity in several email clients.

Carrying a phone with a GPS chip turned on means that location history is potentially being recorded. In this guide, we'll take you through steps you can take to minimise how much you share your location history with your phone manufacturer and other parties. 

Your Telegram app stores a lot of information about you in the cloud. Here we show you how to gain access to it.

Your Facebook app stores a lot of information about you and your interactions with it over time. This guide will show you how to access it.

Your WhatsApp stores a lot of information about you in the cloud. Here we show you how you can gain access to it.

This guide enables you to obtain the data stored about you and to limit the amount of data being collected by the Uber app.

Until recently, advertisers have been able to track users across their iPhones and the web using the Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA), a unique identifier that could be accessed by the apps you used and the site you visited. From version 14.5 of iOS, Apple gives you the option to opt out of tracking that apps would normally try to do. This guide shows you where to find these settings on your phone, and how to tweak them to keep pesky data hungry companies off the radar.

DNS level content blocking prevents your device from connecting to servers that serve you unwanted ads and that track you, which can minimise the amount of data you share with third parties. In this guide, you'll learn how to setup a DNS level content blocker to block Ads and Trackers across your iOS device.

Settings can only do so much to protect you. Your security and privacy also comes from how you use the app. This guides covers short concrete advice on good practices to follow when using this app.

In this guide we will cover the privacy settings that are available on Viber, namely what information you share with other users and third parties.

Protecting your account starts with the settings of your Viber account to tighten your privacy and limit risks. This guide addresses Chat backups and how to Deactivate your account.

In this guide we take a look at profile settings, namely with whom you share your personal information. This information includes your e-mail, phone number, birthday, hometown, family relationships, workplace and more.
 

Protecting your account starts with configuring the settings of your WhatsApp account to tighten your privacy and limit risks. This guide addresses backups — the primary risk in WhatsApp — profile visibility,and two factor verification