Digital Privacy

New VPN and Guardrails for AI Agents: What You Need to Know to Stay Safe AI assistants are no longer just chatbots that answer questions. Increasingly, they’re being designed to act on your behalf—booking appointments, making purchases, managing files, and even interacting with other websites or services. This shift, often called “agentic AI,” brings convenience but also introduces new risks. If an AI agent has access to your accounts or personal data, how do you know it won’t misuse that access or leak information in transit? ...

Best To-Do List Apps of 2026: Expert Picks for Getting Things Done (and Staying Private) Every year, productivity enthusiasts revisit their task management setup. Wirecutter’s 2026 guide to the best to-do list apps offers a reliable starting point, but features alone don’t tell the full story. How these apps handle your data matters just as much as how they handle your tasks. Below, we break down what the review found, why privacy considerations are worth your attention, and what you can do to make a smart, secure choice. ...

The Best To-Do List Apps of 2026: A Privacy and Security Check If you’ve been shopping for a to-do list app recently, you may have come across Wirecutter’s latest recommendations for 2026. Their top three picks are well‑tested for features and reliability, but there’s a layer most reviews don’t dig into: how those apps handle your data. ...

Avoid Online Shopping Scams: Tips to Shop Safely and Protect Your Money Online shopping is convenient, but it also draws scammers. Each year, thousands of consumers lose money to fake websites, phishing emails, and deals that seem too good to be true. Government agencies, including the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), regularly publish guidance to help shoppers stay safe. While some of those articles focus on veterans, the advice applies to anyone buying goods online. ...

The Best To-Do List Apps That Protect Your Privacy in 2026 A to-do list app holds your daily tasks, appointments, and sometimes even passwords or project details—so how it handles that data matters. With several high-profile data breaches in the past two years and renewed scrutiny on how apps share information with advertisers, many users are looking beyond features when choosing a task manager. ...

Which To-Do List Apps Keep Your Data Safe? 3 Top Picks for Privacy-Conscious Users If you rely on a to-do list app to organize your day, you’re likely handing over a fair amount of personal information: deadlines, locations, notes, even integration with your calendar and email. The question is whether that data is being protected. ...

Best To-Do List Apps 2026: Which Ones Keep Your Data Safe? If you rely on a to-do list app to organize your work and personal life, you probably spend a few minutes each day entering tasks, deadlines, and notes. But have you considered where that data goes? As productivity apps become more sophisticated, they often collect more than just your grocery list – calendar links, location, contacts, and even file attachments. In 2026, with data breaches still making headlines and privacy regulations tightening, the security practices of these apps matter more than ever. ...

AI Is Getting Too Personal? Here’s What Privacy Experts Actually Use to Stay Safe If you’ve recently used a chatbot, searched for a product online, or even just scrolled through social media, you’ve probably noticed that AI feels more attentive than before. It suggests messages, summarizes your emails, and sometimes seems to know what you were about to type. That attentiveness comes from data—your data—and it’s making more people uneasy. A recent VICE article highlighted that even tech experts, people who build and understand these systems, are quietly buying tools and adopting habits to limit how much personal information AI can grab. This article walks you through the same tools and habits they use, without the hype. ...

Privacy in the Age of AI: What Tech Experts Recommend Buying Intro If you’ve felt a creeping unease about how often your phone seems to listen, or how eerily accurate the ads are after a casual conversation, you’re not alone. AI-powered tools are now woven into everything from photo management to customer service, and with that convenience comes a steady erosion of privacy. ...

Five Things You Should Never Tell an AI Chatbot – For Your Own Financial Safety Intro AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot have become everyday tools for answering questions, drafting emails, and even brainstorming ideas. But as these tools integrate deeper into our lives, a Washington Post column this week warned users about a less discussed risk: the sensitive personal data you might inadvertently hand over. According to the column and supporting research, sharing certain types of information with a chatbot can put your money and identity at risk. Here’s what to keep out of the chat window. ...