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Doxxing publishes your private details to enable harassment. Here is how doxxers find your address and phone number, and how to become a harder target.
By KnytX Privacy Team
Stalkerware is spyware sold for 'monitoring' but used against partners. Here is how it works, how to detect it on your phone, and how to remove it safely.
Your phone tracks your location and sells it to brokers, advertisers, and agencies. Here is every tracking method, who buys it, and how to cut exposure.
Pharmacy chains sell prescription data to drug companies, insurers, and brokers. What 1mg, PharmEasy, and your chemist know about you, and where it goes.
The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission links health records for 1.4 billion Indians. What the ABHA health ID collects, who can see it, and the privacy risks.
Before your premium is set, insurers may have bought your pharmacy records, location history, and searches. Here's how pre-application profiling works.
The Meta Pixel on hospital websites sends your appointment searches and symptom queries to Facebook's ad servers. Here is how it works and how to block it.
23andMe's bankruptcy turned 15 million genetic profiles into a sellable asset. Here's how to delete your DNA data now, step by step.
Your fitness tracker sends heart rate, sleep, and activity data to Google, Apple, and insurers. Here is the privacy calculus behind wearable devices.
BetterHelp shared therapy data with Facebook for ads. Here is what mental health apps do with your most sensitive disclosures, and how to protect it.
Period tracking apps like Flo collect your most intimate health data, then share it and store it where it can be subpoenaed. Here is how to lock it down.
23andMe went bankrupt in 2025 with 15 million genetic profiles as its top asset. A genetic privacy guide: what's collected, who owns it, how to delete it.