Talking Tech: What to know about 'consensual doxxing,' top scam phone numbers

'Consensual doxxing' and how to improve online privacy, the phone numbers most associated with scam calls and audiobooks access on Spotify. Here's the week's latest tech news:

What is consensual doxxing? You know by now you should keep the private things in life off the internet. Your middle name, job, city, pet's name, the school you went to, your spouse’s name, the ages of your kids, your shoe size – the details a scammer or hacker would love to have.

A popular TikTokker is proving most of us are a lot worse at this than we assumed. Let’s take a closer look at "consensual doxxing” and how you can dig up everything out there online about yourself.

Listen up. Spotify announced this week that eligible Spotify Premium subscribers in the U.S. will now have access to audiobooks, giving millions of users a new way to experience best-selling books of our day.

As a part of their Premium subscription, listeners can enjoy 15 hours of monthly listening choosing from over 200,000 audiobooks.

Read more on the Spotify Premium audiobook access.

Ignore these calls. BeenVerified has shared a report with the top 12 phone numbers most associated with scam calls.

The software company analyzed more than 157,000 suspicious phone calls over two years and concluded that no good can come from these digit combinations.

The group recommends blocking these phone numbers before they can try to trick you into believing your package was delayed and your bank card is frozen.

See more on the phone numbers most associated with scam calls and texts.

Read on for more of the tech news this week.