Many apps (social, browsers, games) request contact access even when it's unnecessary. Allowing access lets apps upload and share your entire address book beyond your control. Contacts get sold, cross ...

Apple in iOS 15.2 made it easier for your loved ones to access your personal data in the event of your death with the addition of a Legacy Contact feature. A person set as your Legacy Contact gets a ...

Most smartphone apps like to request permission to access your data. These apps typically ask for access to anything from your location data, calendar, or even your contacts. Apps that access your ...

Set Display Names Open the Watch app on your phone and select Contacts to control how your contacts are sorted and displayed. Set the app to Mirror my iPhone if you want the sorting to match what is ...

Google is developing a new Contacts Picker tool for Android 17 to fix the current all-or-nothing contacts permission. This tool will allow you to share specific contacts with an app, rather than your ...

If you’ve upgraded to iOS 12.1 already, you might want to be careful about where you leave your iPhone. It turns out that a new lock screen flaw lets anyone access your contacts without your passcode.

We told you yesterday that Path was secretly uploading your iPhone’s entire address book to its servers. Users of the inclusive social network voiced concern, and many decided to remove the app ...