TikTok and Facebook logos displayed on phone screens and a laptop keyboard are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on February 6, 2022. (Photo illustration by Jakub ...

In-app browsers are bunk compared to full-featured browsing apps, but they’re also a major privacy and security risk. Many apps sneak data trackers onto websites you visit through their in-app browser ...

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 new online tool named 'InAppBrowser' lets you analyze the behavior of in-app browsers embedded within mobile apps and determine if they inject privacy-threatening JavaScript into websites you visit.

In-app purchases are inescapable. An app might be free to download, but more likely than not, a pop-up will immediately inform you the best features are locked behind a monthly fee or an annual ...

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If you visit a website you see on Facebook and Instagram, you've likely noticed that you're not redirected to your browser of choice but rather a custom in-app browser. It turns out that those ...

One of the more annoying things some apps do is incorporate their own in-app browser, opening that for web links instead of respecting your chosen default browser. The nuisance factor of in-app ...

TikTok's custom in-app browser on iOS reportedly injects JavaScript code into external websites that allows TikTok to monitor "all keyboard inputs and taps" while a user is interacting with a given ...