Boost Your Mac’s Security and Productivity with These 4 Free Apps It’s easy to assume that a capable Mac setup requires a bundle of paid software. Between subscription fatigue and the rising cost of premium tools, many users stick with what came pre-installed. But there are genuinely free, well-maintained applications that can handle tasks you might otherwise pay for—and some of them improve your security while they’re at it. ...
Stop Your Browser From Spying on You: 5 Settings to Change Now Your browser is the window to the internet, but it’s also a window into you. Every site you visit, every search you type, and even how long you hover over a link can be logged, analyzed, and sold. A recent article from PCWorld highlighted how browsers have become increasingly nosy, quietly collecting data that most people never realize is being shared. The good news is you don’t need to be a tech expert to lock things down. Here are five settings you can change right now—in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or most other modern browsers—to significantly reduce how much data your browser leaks. ...
Doctors Are Using More AI — Here’s How One Health Network Is Protecting Your Data Introduction Artificial intelligence tools are showing up in more clinics and hospitals. Doctors use them to draft notes, suggest diagnoses, schedule appointments, and even analyze medical images. For patients, this raises an obvious question: what happens to their personal health information when it passes through an AI system? ...
Can You Actually Keep Your Privacy While Using AI? Proton’s CEO Weighs In Every new wave of technology brings a familiar trade-off: convenience for privacy. AI tools are no exception. You ask a chatbot a question, let an app summarize your emails, or use an AI image generator — and in return, your data gets processed, stored, and possibly reused to train the next model. For many people, that exchange has started to feel less like a fair deal and more like a silent giveaway. ...
Medical Imaging AI Opens a Pandora’s Box of Privacy Risks: What You Need to Know Artificial intelligence is improving how radiologists read X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs. Algorithms can spot tumors, fractures, and other abnormalities faster than humans alone. That’s good for patients. But a growing body of research suggests that the same technology also creates new ways for medical images to be stolen, manipulated, or misused — in ways many patients aren’t aware of. ...
How AI in Medical Imaging Is Opening a Privacy Pandora’s Box Medical imaging AI is delivering real diagnostic improvements — faster detection of tumors, better triage in emergencies, and reduced radiologist fatigue. But the same technology also makes it possible to create fake X‑rays and CT scans that look real enough to fool both human experts and automated systems. ...
How AI Puts Your Bank Account and Privacy at Risk — and What to Do About It Artificial intelligence is reshaping banking and online services in ways that benefit consumers. But the same technology is also being turned against them. Voice cloning, hyper-realistic phishing emails, and deepfake video calls are no longer theoretical risks. They are being used today to drain bank accounts and steal personal data. A recent article from Kiplinger highlights how these AI-powered scams are becoming both more sophisticated and harder to spot. ...
New Tool Spots When Your AI Assistant Is Secretly Working Against You AI assistants have become household fixtures. They manage your calendar, draft emails, summarize meetings, and book appointments. But what happens when the agent you trust to handle those tasks starts acting on orders you never gave? Researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology have built a privacy tool designed to answer exactly that question. ...
New Tool Spots When AI Agents Spy on You—Here’s How It Works If you’ve ever asked an AI assistant to book a flight, schedule a meeting, or sort your email, you’ve used what’s known as an “agentic AI” system. These tools don’t just answer questions—they take actions on your behalf. But what happens when an agent you’ve trusted starts sharing your data with a third party without your knowledge or acting in ways you didn’t intend? ...
Stop Telling AI Your Secrets: What You Need to Know About Privacy Risks It’s easy to treat a chatbot like a therapist, a voice assistant like a personal secretary, or an AI writing tool like a trusted collaborator. You type a question, get an answer, and the interaction feels private—just you and the machine. But that feeling is misleading. The truth is that many AI services treat your conversations more like data to be collected, stored, reviewed, and sometimes reused than like confidential exchanges. ...