‘Beware in-app browsers’ is a good rule of thumb for any privacy conscious mobile app user — given the potential for an app to leverage its hold on user attention to snoop on what you’re looking at ...

TikTok's in-app web browser is reportedly monitoring everything its users are typing while it, including sensitive information, such as login credentials, passwords, and even payment details like ...

Data security and privacy risks surrounding in-app browsers have been making headlines. These are the threats they pose and steps needed to minimize them. In-app browsers can pose significant security ...

Brendan is a freelance writer and content creator from Portland, OR. He covers tech and gaming for Lifehacker, and has also written for Digital Trends, EGM, Business Insider, IGN, and more. In-app ...

The research on which this claim is based shows that TikTok tracks inputs made while a person uses the app's built-in web browser on Apple's iOS, which TikTok does not allow users to disable. The ...

Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. If you were asked to name the worst thing about the internet, ...

Facebook is preparing to launch a new in-app browser on Android, replacing the standard Android System WebView with a more stable solution. Unlike other Android apps that open web links in an external ...

In-app browsers on TikTok and other apps include code that could potentially track user activity on websites. (Photo Illustration by Thiago Prudêncio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) When ...

A few days ago, developer Felix Krause shared a detailed report on how mobile apps can use their own in-app web browser to track user data. Now Krause is back with a new tool that lets anyone see ...