Freezing Credit Will Now Be Free. Here’s Why You Should Go for It. A year after the Equifax security breach, most people have not frozen their credit records. Consumer advocates recommend freezes to foil identity theft. Read More…

The Personal Data of 346,000 People, Hung on a Museum Wall An artist is under investigation for an exhibit intended to highlight China’s lack of privacy protections and a public sense of futility. Read More…

We’re All Afraid to Talk About Money. Here’s How to Break the Taboo. It’s hard to learn about something when you’re discouraged from talking about it. Read More…

Staying Plugged In (for Hundreds of Miles) on the Campaign Trail With midterm elections looming and candidates exploiting more tools to reach voters directly, Sydney Ember, a politics reporter, makes sure her phone stays charged. Read More…

What I Learned From Tracking My Spending for a Month Everyone knows to watch their spending: A mistake can mean the difference between making or bouncing the rent check. I tracked my spending meticulously for a month. Here’s what I learned. Read More…

Make Several Gmail Addresses Out of One Thanks to the way Google processes your mail, you can modify part of your address for different situations and still get all your messages. Read More…

It’s Her Job to Get More People to Act Like You Right Now Millie Tran, the first global growth editor at The Times, discusses how she tries to understand and nurture a worldwide audience. “So many dashboards and data sets!” Read More…

You Don’t Have to Be a Journalist to Want to Keep Chats Private It’s easy to leave behind digital evidence when talking to sources — or to friends. Here’s how Kate Conger, a tech reporter, reduces that exposure. Read More…

Quora, the Q. and A. Site, Says Data Breach Affected 100 Million Users Some users seemed less surprised by the security breach than by the fact that they had a Quora account in the first place. Read More…

Ivanka Trump Used Personal Email Account for Government Business, Review Finds Ms. Trump’s use of personal email has been expected to be among the topics Democrats will address when they take control of the House next year. Read More…