pg-social-1.pngIf you use Firefox, Chrome, or Chromium web browsers, there is now a better, more consistent way to stop organisations from tracking your internet usage.

Have a look at "Privacy Badger" - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/0...nline-tracking

This browser plug-in has been developed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), who are a US based non-profit organisation dedicated to "defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. We work to ensure that rights and freedoms are enhanced and protected as our use of technology grows."

If you click on the Privacy Badger link above, it will take you to a page describing what the software is and what it does. Towards the bottom of the page (scroll down) there will be a link to install the plug-in in either Firefox, or Chromium/Chrome - depending on which browser you are using.

Please note that the Privacy Badger plug-in does not yet work with Microsoft's Internet Browser (or the new Windows 10 browser). Apparently, versions of Privacy Badger that will work with Firefox and Chrome on Android phones and tablets is currently in development by the EFF.

Why use Privacy Badger instead of one of the other anti-tracking browser plug-ins that are available ? Privacy Badger is open source software, and has been officially audited by independent organisations. Being open source software means that anyone can download a copy of the source code and any software developer with the required knowledge can audit that code themselves. As a result, the code for Privacy Badger has been independently audited by lots of people. So you can be assured that Privacy Badger itself is not tracking your Internet activity.

Unfortunately the same can not be said for some of the other anti-tracking browser plug-ins that are around, so if you're using another anti-tracking browser plug-in, then do some research on Google to make sure that the plug-in that you're using is working the way that you expect, and to ensure that it is not developed a reputation for acting in a malicious manner.

I hope that info helps.

Regards,

RoyG