Whether you know it or not, dozens of the apps on your Android device are constantly collecting data as long as you’re connected to a cell or Wi-Fi network. Many of the apps don’t warn you in advance ...

Ad Hoc Labs, the creators of temporary phone number app Burner, announced a new tool designed stop robocalls from blowing up your phone. Meet call screening app Firewall for iOS. According to its ...

A new app is promising to rid your life of robocall spam and scams once and for all, in exchange for a monthly fee. But it also raises the question: why should we have to pay to block robocalls at all ...

Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Lockdown Apps is a new firewall app for iOS. Like Guardian Firewall, which we covered last month, Lockdown uses iOS’ VPN framework to intercept all incoming and ...

For weeks, a small team of security researchers and developers have been putting the finishing touches on a new privacy app, which its founder says can nix some of the hidden threats that mobile users ...

John Breeden II is an award-winning reviewer and public speaker with 20 years of experience covering technology. Government agencies have always been in the crosshairs of cyberattackers. In fact, ...

Lockdown, a new app launching today, is designed to be an open source firewall, letting users block any connection to any domain, including those that use ad tracking services and analytics platforms ...

Despite the relative maturity of the Web, it is still the most hostile environment imaginable. Given the vast array of threats that exist online, including distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks ...

Google’s App Engine service, one of its longest-running public cloud computing platforms, is finally getting a fully featured firewall. Until now, developers couldn’t easily restrict access to their ...

Managing programs that access the internet using Windows Firewall requires several steps, Firewall App Blocker allows users to quickly block or unblock applications from accessing the internet. Simply ...