The iPhone or Android phone in our pocket is our primary computer these days, and that’s where we’re worried the most about apps or services spying on our personal data to 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.
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