Protect your digital privacy by unlinking connected apps and revoking third-party permissions. Tutorials on stopping Facebook “Off-Activity” tracking, cleaning up Google account access, removing old devices from Spotify, and securing your online identity against data harvesting.
My ex was using my Spotify for eight months after we broke up. I didn’t notice at first. Spotify lets multiple devices connect to one account. The free version only plays on one device at a time, but Premium lets you download on up to five. She had my login saved on her phone from … Read more
Go to your Google account right now and check how many third-party apps have access to your data. I’ll wait. Done? Shocked? When I checked mine last month, forty-three apps had access to my Google account. Forty-three. Apps I hadn’t used in years. A quiz website from 2019. A flight comparison tool I used once. … Read more
Open Facebook right now. Go to Settings. Find “Off-Facebook Activity.” Look at the list. The first time I did this, I genuinely felt sick. Boots. Rightmove. ASOS. Trainline. My energy provider. My bank’s website. Over a hundred and seventy websites and apps had been sending my browsing data directly to Facebook without me ever agreeing … Read more