If you want to effectively protect your online privacy, you should prevent your online activities from being recorded.
To protect your online privacy, you can, for example, prevent tracking. Even if you have secured your access, Google, other Internet companies or even your Internet provider could track your web usage. In fact, in many countries, Internet providers are required by law to provide their search history to law enforcement if necessary.
Surf in private mode
One option: Use your browser's private mode to prevent Google or other organizations from tracking your browsing history.
To do this, open a new incognito window in Chrome and a new private window in Firefox. If you share a PC with others or use someone else's PC as a guest, your private mode login information is not saved on the computer. (In addition, other users will not be shown advertising that is actually tailored to you.)
Prevent cookie tracking
There are also browser extensions that prevent cookie tracking. Websites can then no longer display annoying ads tailored to your interests.
But only install extensions from reputable sources! It often happens that hackers disguise their malware as security apps or security extensions.
Use Google alternatives
Even if you have taken all of these measures, your search history may still be on Google's servers. After all, one of the ways Google makes money is by evaluating search histories and showing users personalized advertising. If you don't want this and want to set stricter privacy settings, you should use another search engine.
Surfing via VPN
However, your internet provider can still see what you are doing. If you want to prevent this too, we recommend using a VPN.
- Does a VPN protect your communications from hackers? Yes.
- Does a VPN hide your activity from your ISP? Yes.
The same method is used in both cases. All communications are encrypted and your ISP does not have the encryption key. The data is therefore unreadable for him. Since the VPN also hides your IP address, it also puts a stop to cookie tracking and other tracking methods. No one can understand where your traffic comes from.
Stop tracking: Log out anytime, anywhere!
Last but not least, never forget to log out of your accounts when you are not using them. Closing the tab or browser is not enough. Facebook, for example, tracks its users' activities even when it is not open in the browser. Tracking of your activities only stops when you log out.
Of course, you should always log out properly from bank accounts and broker accounts.
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