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Meta’s Keystroke Tracking for AI: What You Need to Know and How to Protect Your Privacy In mid-2026, reports surfaced that Meta had been collecting keystroke and mouse‑click data from some of its employees and using that information to train its AI models. The news prompted immediate concern among privacy advocates and regulators, especially in the European Union, where data protection rules are strict. While the tool was later scaled back after internal complaints, the episode raises broader questions about the boundaries of data collection in the age of AI – and what it might mean for regular users down the road. ...

Your Keystrokes Are Training Meta’s AI: What You Can Do About It Meta has been using keystroke data from its platforms to train artificial intelligence models. Internal documents confirm the practice, and employee concerns have already led to some scaling back. For anyone who uses Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or Messenger, this raises a straightforward question: what exactly is happening with your typing, and can you limit it? ...

AI Scribes Are Listening In on Your Doctor Visits: New Privacy Warning and What to Do You sit down in the exam room and start describing your symptoms. The doctor listens, asks questions, and types. But more and more, that typing isn’t just the doctor’s fingers on a keyboard—it’s an artificial intelligence system transcribing your entire conversation and automatically generating medical notes. ...

Meta Is Training AI on Your Keystrokes. Here’s How to Protect Your Privacy. If you use Facebook, Instagram, or any other Meta platform, your typing patterns and mouse clicks are likely being fed into the company’s artificial intelligence training systems. The practice came to light through employee concerns and media reports earlier this year, and Meta has since dialed back some of the data collection tools. Still, the underlying question remains: how much of your behavior online is being recorded, and what can you actually do about it? ...

Doctors using AI scribes? What you need to know about your medical privacy A new warning from Australia’s government has put a spotlight on a quietly spreading technology in healthcare: AI scribes. These tools listen to doctor-patient conversations, transcribe them, and generate clinical notes. The convenience is obvious—but so are the privacy risks. Here’s what happened, why it matters, and what you can do. ...

5 Essential Cloud Email Security Defenses You Can Set Up Today Cloud email services like Gmail, Outlook, and Office 365 are convenient, but they also attract a steady stream of phishing attempts and account takeover attacks. A single compromised inbox can expose sensitive business data, personal contacts, and financial accounts. Fortunately, you don’t need a security team to put up strong defenses. Based on a recent KnowBe4 blog post and widely accepted industry standards from NIST and CISA, here are five practical protections you can enable or configure today. ...

Meta’s Keystroke AI: What It Means for Your Privacy and How to Opt Out You might not think twice about the keys you press or the clicks you make while scrolling through Facebook or Instagram. But Meta has been using that data — aggregated keystroke and mouse click patterns — to train its artificial intelligence models. After internal pushback from employees, the company recently scaled back the tool, but the underlying practice raises real questions about how much of our behavior tech companies are capturing and for what purpose. ...

Protect Your Cloud Email: 5 Essential Security Defenses Everyone Should Use Most people rely on cloud email services like Gmail, Outlook, or Yahoo Mail for daily communication—both personal and professional. These accounts hold sensitive information: password reset links, financial statements, private messages, and often access to other online services. It’s no surprise that cybercriminals go after them relentlessly. Phishing attacks, credential theft, and account takeovers are the most common threats. The good news is that a handful of basic defenses can block the vast majority of these attacks. ...

Stop App-Hopping: The Underrated Android App That Keeps Me Focused If you spend your workday bouncing between a note‑taking app, a to‑do list, a calendar, and a quick memo tool, you’re not alone. That constant switching—often called “app‑hopping”—costs more than a few seconds. Each jump forces your brain to reorient, and the cumulative drain on attention is real. I had fallen into that pattern until a recent Android Police article pointed me toward a single, underrated app that finally broke the cycle. ...

5 Critical Steps to Secure Your Cloud Email (Backed by Experts) Cloud email services like Gmail, Outlook, and Office 365 have become the backbone of modern work and personal communication. They are also the single most common entry point for cyberattacks. According to industry data, more than 90% of phishing attacks and a significant portion of ransomware infections begin with a malicious email. The shift to remote work has only widened the attack surface. Many small businesses and individuals still rely on default security settings, which are rarely enough. ...