Music-recognizing app Shazam retains access to the Mac's microphone, keeping it in a constant on state, even when Shazam has been turned off. The potentially worrisome feature was discovered by ...

WORRIED that an app is secretly listening to you through your microphone? Chances are that you’re probably not being spied on – but there’s a very easy way to check. Of course your iPhone will show an ...

This morning, Millennial-focused news organization Mic released its first mobile app. Named "MicCheck," the app shows users a curated stream of stories, from both Mic and other news sites. In some ...

With its latest app, millennial-focused publisher Mic said it’s hoping to give you a full newsreading experience from your iPhone lockscreen. So after you’ve set things up, you’ll start getting ...

In a viral post, a user claimed that WhatsApp was listening through smartphone's microphone even when the app was not in use, raising serious privacy concerns. The instant messaging application has ...

Back in December we saw Apple approved an app called Quick Snap that allowed users to take pictures with the iPhone using the volume buttons instead of the regular camera icon on screen. As you know, ...

A cybersecurity firm says a popular Android screen recording app that racked up tens of thousands of downloads on Google’s app store subsequently began spying on its users, including by stealing ...

Warriors fan LaTisha Satchell’s lawsuit is alleging that the app turned on the phone microphone and kept it on, gathering audio recordings that were sent back to the Warriors and another tech company.