Microsoft is bringing tighter security to Windows 11, including smartphone-style app permissions.

Microsoft does an admirable job at keeping Windows 11 secure (which is more than you can say for other parts of the OS), but it wants to do better. New systems will allow for per-app permissions, and ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Is Your Smartphone Sharing Too Much? When was the last time you checked what the apps on your phone are allowed to do? If you're like most people ...

In many ways, the era of the smartphone is defined by apps, which do everything from sending messages to tracking our exercise. New research shows how Apple iOS apps come with substantial costs to ...

XDA Developers published a breakdown of new permissions functions in an early build of Android Q. Based on the breakdown, users will have much more specific control over permissions within Android.

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Currently, Wear OS apps have permissions separate from those granted to apps on your phone. For example, if you download the ...

With the addition of the developer-generated Data safety section this year, Google Play removed the old list of app permissions. The Play Store is now reversing this decision in response to user ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Smartphones and apps have become a major part of our daily lives but we may be giving them more permissions than we realize. Most of us don’t pay a lot of ...