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Early Presidents’ Day price drops: Up to 77% off

Red, white & big savings from car tech to upgrades for your kitchen.

Your Ring doorbell is doing way more than watching for packages

Ring’s big game ad about finding lost dogs tugged at your heartstrings. But the same network behind that feature also does facial recognition and partners with law enforcement. Here’s the good, the bad and what you should do about it.

You don’t own a Ring doorbell. Your face is in the database anyway.

Split screen: person walking past neighbor’s house with facial recognition overlay vs. close-up of Ring doorbell camera.

Miss my January favorites? They’re still on sale!

Kim Komando shows you fitness upgrades and smart gear up to 43% off.

The single sign-on trap: How one click snitches on you to 10,000 sites

Kim Komando reveals how clicking Sign in with Google or Sign in with Facebook lets tech giants track every site you visit and everything you do there.

The grocery store is watching you: How ‘smart shelves’ track your face and every move

The Current unmasks the surveillance pricing and hidden cameras taking over Kroger and Walmart aisles. Discover the smart shelf tech that uses facial recognition to detect your age and gender while tracking exactly how long you hesitate in front of a product. Learn why the FTC is investigating these digital tags and find out how to stop the data harvest.

The mobile data heist: How 5 popular apps sell your driving habits to Allstate

Your favorite safe driving and weather apps are doubling as full-time trackers for the insurance industry. Kim Komando exposes how Life360, Fuel Rewards, Routely, GasBuddy and MyRadar monetize your every turn to jack up your monthly premiums. Discover how to shut down the surveillance and pull your free LexisNexis report.

Your car is a privacy nightmare on wheels

Automakers are selling your private driving habits to hike your insurance premiums. The Current exposes the car brands failing privacy tests and shows you how to wipe your data before you sell.

Your smart TV is spying on you more than Alexa ever could

Your living room screen takes a screenshot every few seconds to build a profile on you. The Current exposes the ACR trackers in every major smart TV and shows you how to shut them down.

80% of data breaches start here: The most common passwords of 2025

The Current shows how AI is helping hackers crack passwords in seconds. Kim Komando breaks down the top 20 list, from “skibidi” to “admin,” and explains how your security habits make you a target for AI-powered data breaches.

Amazon’s Winter Sale: Up to 50% off (I found the good stuff)

Amazon’s Winter Sale is live with discounts up to 50%. Score AirTags, heated bedding and cleaning helpers that actually matter.

How to permanently delete photos and wipe ‘ghost data’ from iPhone and Android

That photo you deleted last year? Still recoverable. Kim Komando reveals the cloud backup trap and factory reset failures that keep your private data alive, plus the exact deletion process that actually works.

How to wipe your car’s data before you sell it

Selling a car without clearing your info is like selling an unlocked phone. Use these steps to erase your personal data, so no one drives away with it.

Stop the ‘Silent Opt-In’: Your 2026 privacy audit

Big Tech quietly signed you up to train their AI. Use this privacy guide from The Current to turn off the hidden data tracking on Meta, LinkedIn and Google before the new year.

Don’t lock your family out: A digital legacy guide

If something happened to you tomorrow, would your family lose access to your photos and passwords? Follow this step-by-step guide from The Current to set up your Apple Legacy Contact and Google Inactive Account Manager.

Stop deleting photos manually: An AI cleanup guide

If your phone is one bad selfie away from digital combustion, you need this hilarious, smart how-to on cutting the photo clutter.

How to use your phone’s AI camera: A visual search guide from The Current

The next time you’re stuck assembling a toy, staring at a blinking error light or arguing with a strand of Christmas bulbs, don’t Google it. Point your camera and ask.

4 insider hacks to slash your monthly bills today

This is the money-saving advice you deserved in school but never got. Threaten. Decline. Save money.

Practical gifts under $50 that people will actually use

Hunting for budget-friendly gifts? I rounded up the practical picks everyone actually uses. And yes, they’re all on sale.

The spy in your rental car

Stop syncing your contacts with a rental car. Even one button tap can share way too much.