Here’s How You Can Browse the Web Without Being Tracked

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Most everyone already knows when you search for things on the Web, advertisers are picking up on that and quickly turning data around into marketing to attract you. As soon you search “sterling silver necklace” for mom’s birthday, low and behold, the next website you go to — completely unrelated to the necklace — has ads from Overstock.com featuring none other than potential necklaces you may be interested in.
(Related: FTC privacy report calls for ‘do not track’ and data broker disclosure)
This may or may not bother you, but as CNET points out, there are times when you may not want more, shall we say, sensitive searches resulting in ads. The tech blog was recently asked ”How does one browse sensitive subjects without being tracked via cookies?”
It is possible. CNET describes this as “private mode,” which is available on most Web browsers:

But even this won’t completely stop ads. According to CNET, there are further “do not track” measures that can be used, including Abine’s Do Not Track browser add-on and AVG’s Do Not Track, which lets you customize what you’re blocking.
Hot Spot Shield hides IP addresses, which can be used to associate data with other information a particular website may already know about you, even if cookies have been disabled. IP addresses are often what Internet service providers are asked for by law enforcement for investigations.
For those who are what CNET calls “hard core,” there is Tor Project, which offers completely anonymous browsing over encrypted channels. This, CNET acknowledges, could be a little “overkill” for the average user but you won’t see any ads corresponding with your recent searches here.
 
I have news. "The Thems" (as in "They") can still track you.

About the only way would be if you "pirated" someones nearby wifi (illegal, by the way) and used a "clean" computer with absolutely no personal information at all on the computer. This means no emails, no logging into ANYTHING, nothing.

And even then, if you were doing something criminal, and people were actively looking, they just might catch ya. It's been done

AND ya might be on camera!!
 
I have news. "The Thems" (as in "They") can still track you.

About the only way would be if you "pirated" someones nearby wifi (illegal, by the way) and used a "clean" computer with absolutely no personal information at all on the computer. This means no emails, no logging into ANYTHING, nothing.

And even then, if you were doing something criminal, and people were actively looking, they just might catch ya. It's been done

AND ya might be on camera!!

thru my tin foil hat?
 
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