With a SIM-swapping attack, scammers hijack your phone number to gain access to apps on your phone—including banking apps.

Giving up your personal phone number to telemarketers or during transactions on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist isn't ideal. Instead of divulging private details to people you don't know, you can ...

Although there's a pretty good chance you already have a phone number on your smartphone, your primary number assigned by your carrier isn't your only option for calling and texting. There are ...

Online dating can sometimes lead to love, and it can sometimes lead to talking to a lot of weirdos on the internet. However, a weirdo is definitely better than a scammer. We received an email from one ...

With all the risks surrounding mobile devices, it can be easy to forget the most basic problem is that you can be reached anytime, anywhere, by people who you don't want to hear from. The Hushed ...

Researchers exploited WhatsApp's API vulnerability to scrape 3.5 billion phone numbers. Learn how this massive data breach ...

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Burner phone numbers are phone numbers you can attach to your primary phone as a secondary number. They are often disposable, so you can simply stop using it like you would a normal burner phone.

After placing or answering a call on an iPhone running iOS 18.1, you can initiate a recording that gives you an audio copy of the call. Open the Phone app. Make a call. Tap on the record button in the ...