Certain computer apps might be spying on your for different reasons - here's how to stop those programs on Mac and Windows 11 and 10 PCs.
The iPhone or Android phone in our pocket is our primary computer these days, and that’s where we’re worried the most aboutto serve us targeted ads. Then there’s actual spying from malicious apps that try to steal sensitive information from your devices. But we should have similar concerns for traditional computers, including Windows PCs and Macs, as those apps might also be spying on us without our knowledge.
PCs might be even more vulnerable to malicious attacks, especially devices running on older operating systems that haven’t received the latest security updates. Moreover, advertising companies collect data from desktops and laptops as well, of course. The good news is that there are ways to check what apps might be spying on you and limit their access to your computer data.
The following tips will help you check which apps are accessing sensitive components of your computer, including the camera, microphone, and location data. You likely want plenty of apps to access them. But there might be malicious apps in there that are actually spying on you, collecting data for a third party.to prevent unwanted apps from accessing these resources. You’d do the same thing on iPhone and Android.
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