Thursday, July 30, 2015

Hit the road to anonymity

Hit the road to anonymity

From blocking cookies to hiding your IP address, here’s how to get off the grid

Internet privacy tends to make headlines with stories of autocratic governments spying on their citizens, creating the impression that we’re careering straight into an Orwellian dystopia. But while state surveillance is undeniable, the first invasion of your privacy is far more likely to come via a humble Google search. Although apparently anonymous, Google has a habit of tracking your searches in order to bombard you with ever-more personalised adverts. By contrast, a search engine such as duckduckgo.com generates unbiased search results without the added user profiling or tracking.
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