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The notion of privacy does not apply in the internet age, a writer told the DEF CON hacker conference, and he says the sooner we admit it the better.

If you have an old phone number linked to your Facebook account, anyone who comes into possession of that number can log into your account.

The command-and-control server for a new piece of Russian malware is hidden in plain sight: right on Britney Spears' Instagram page.

WhatsApp users with iPhones can now have Siri read out their messages, hands-free. Here's how to set it up.

Phishers mimic real banks on Twitter, luring customers to fake login pages that steal passwords and hijack accounts.

A security firm found a lot of problems with Confide, the secure-messaging app favored by Capitol Hill and White House staffers.

The URL in a recent LinkedIn scam e-mail seems to go to a valid LinkedIn page, but it quickly bounces you to a phishing page.

Instagram may be crashing for some users who've installed the app's latest update.

If someone attempts to send you an SVG image file via Facebook Messenger, you should ignore it, or you may download dangerous ransomware.

Here's what people are saying about Spectacles from Snapchat maker Snap — once they can find the hard-to-get camera-equipped sunglasses.

412 million usernames, passwords from Adult Friend Finder, Penthouse, 3 other adult sites exposed in massive data breach.

The $129 Lifeprint printer can print up your Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat photos while also turning videos into moving photo prints you can view in augmented reality.

Snapchat's speedometer filter shows how fast you're moving in a vehicle, and parents show know how potentially lethal it is.

AllClear ID Pro is the least expensive of the identity-theft-protection services we reviewed. It also offers the least amount of protection.

A new breed of Tinder bot could trick lonely men into dishing out $120 per month to skeevy porn sites.

The new social-media app Candid lets people post anonymously, but it still has work to do to avoid the kind of offensive posts you'd find on other social networks.

Facebook Messenger's new Secret Conversations feature, now available to a select few users, will get a full release in September.

While it might be tempting to throw a Trump tantrum or rant about Benghazi on Facebook and Twitter, it could prevent you from being hired — or even get you canned.

Those 32 million Twitter passwords were stolen from individual users, not Twitter itself. Here's how to make sure it doesn't happen to you.

You know that story about how Facebook listens to your conversations? It's not true, and here's how the media failed in covering it.

The same hacker who sold off 165 million LinkedIn credentials last week now says he's got 360 million stolen MySpace accounts.

Google's new messaging app guesses your replies, can make dinner reservations for you and will even play games with you.

About 117 million LinkedIn user credentials stolen in 2012 have surfaced online, and millions of people will have to change their passwords.

Facebook wants more companies adding chatbots to its Messenger app. We took one of the first bots — one that lets you place orders through 1-800-Flowers — out for a test drive.

Superman is Huawei's latest spokesperson, a new Domino's app lets you be extra lazy and a hacker built the best Game Boy ever. Here's what's trending.

LifeLock claims that 'detection alone simply isn't enough,' but it must pay $100 million for deceptive ads and not protecting consumer data.

Account data of 4 million parents and 200,000 kids was stolen from child-tech maker VTech. Here's what to do if you have a VTech account.

The popular messaging app has now granted iOS users access to its web client, bringing it closer to feature parity with competitors.

Encrypted messaging app Wickr has launched a new photo-sharing feature, letting users create feeds of self-destructing photos.

People trying to hack others' Facebook accounts ended up being hacked themselves, thanks to a new scam.