Google is rolling out two new scam protection features in Google Messages to help users dodge fishy links and verify the ...

You've heard of burner phones. What about burner email?So much of the internet now requires that you hand over your email ...

Phone spam may not be as frequent, but it's often more insidious, since not everyone can afford to ignore a ring from a ...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If it seems like you’re being inundated with spam calls and texts these days, you’re not alone. There are the text messages about supposed unpaid traffic tickets, those encouraging us ...

If something is free, you’re the product being sold. That’s especially true when it comes to free software apps we use. Take Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, for example. It collects your ...

Gmail is by far the most popular email service out there; it's also fast, feature-rich, packs impressive spam protection, and gives you access to generous storage space. However, as all of us receive ...

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson warned Gmail, the world’s largest email service, this week that it may face a federal investigation over allegations the company intentionally ...

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson accused Google of using "partisan" spam filtering in Gmail that sends Republican fundraising emails to the spam folder while delivering Democratic ...

On Thursday, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson sent a letter to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, alleging that Gmail's spam filters routinely block messages from Republican senders but fail to block similar ...

Illegal phone spamming and robocalls are the top consumer complaint at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today.1 In 2024 alone, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) fielded 1.1 million ...