Amongst growing privacy concerns, younger generations are treating anonymity as something that isn't constant, but can be surrendered for benefits. Messaging app Backchat initially hides your identity, slowly revealing it as you interact with others.

Nearly 80% of people think companies use their personal data to make more money, so they're reluctant to share it. With over three quarters of people concerned about online privacy, Citizenme gives them back control of their data. But what does it mean for users and advertisers?

After revelations concerning unsolicited emotional experiments being carried our on unsuspecting members, Facebook has been trying to regain the trust of its audience. It's created Moments - an app focused on super-private sharing of photos, updates and videos.

When breaking news hit of the security bug named Heartbleed, it reignited the conversation about privacy and control of online information. It was another reminder that passwords hold the key to our sensitive data, and that we should be taking them more seriously.

Is the best password a random combination of digits and numbers? According to researchers, there may be an even better way to protect devices against unauthorised access. They suggest that the way we interact with touchscreens is so unique it can be turned into a password.

Google has acquired SlickLogin in an attempt to make the internet a safer place in the wake of recent privacy concerns. The Israeli-based start-up created a sound-based login process, where a sound is used as a password or an identification step.

Emma Reel is a French journalist and digital security expert set on exploring the slippery themes of privacy, intimacy and surveillance in a digital age. She does this by playing games with her readers under a host of different pseudonyms.

It is not unusual to hear of the security of online accounts being breached, like the celebrity Twitter accounts hacked in January. But a new survey reveals that most web users still use the same password on every site they have an account for.