Tatum Hunter

San Francisco

Consumer technology reporter based in San Francisco

Education: Xavier University, BA in economics

Tatum Hunter writes about personal technology and its impact for The Washington Post. She comes from Built In, where she was an associate editor covering software and the tech workforce. She reported on such topics as ethics in open-source developer communities, shifting attitudes toward some popular software-development methods and tricky tech concepts employees encounter at work.
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TSA PreCheck vs. Clear: What’s better for price and privacy?

Here’s how ClearPlus and TSA PreCheck stack up for price, privacy and saving time at the airport.

November 27, 2024
Travelers walk through O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, on Nov. 22, 2024, ahead of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. (Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP) (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)

How to get started on Bluesky, the app some X users are defecting to

After X owner Elon Musk helped Donald Trump successfully run for office, some X users are jumping ship for the decentralized Twitter clone Bluesky.

November 14, 2024

Location-sharing is making us miserable. It’s time to say ‘no.’

Location-sharing is eroding our trust and privacy. Is it too late to opt out?

November 13, 2024

How Harris won at TikTok but lost the election

The Harris campaign grabbed headlines for going viral on TikTok. It didn’t translate to a win.

November 8, 2024

Trump’s ‘grab them’ comment was history. Now TikTok is showing it to young voters.

Trump’s infamous “Access Hollywood” tape is seeing a second life on TikTok, where young voters are hearing it for the first time.

October 31, 2024
Donald Trump is interviewed by Billy Bush of “Access Hollywood” at Trump Tower on Jan. 20, 2015, in New York City.

Instagram addresses ‘sextortion’ as teen safety troubles increase

Scammers are targeting teens by obtaining their intimate photos. Instagram added some features to combat it.

October 17, 2024
One of Meta’s new tools to fight sextortion on Instagram is screenshot prevention.

Everything we know about ‘shadowbans’ on social media

Call it a “shadowban” or “algorithmic suppression,” but companies are tight-lipped about what gets blocked from algorithmic feeds.

October 16, 2024

TikTok privacy settings to change now

The social media app is all about your personal data, likes and habits. Here’s how to limit what it gathers.

October 8, 2024

AI assistants are blabbing our embarrassing work secrets

Workplace AI tools can do tasks by themselves. Getting them to stop is the problem.

October 2, 2024

Say g**dby# to annoying password rules

Many websites require password habits that actually don’t keep you safer. Neither special characters nor frequent password resets really help security.

September 27, 2024