Online privacy has been in a deepening crisis ever since Snowden decided to make the world aware of how their government has been spying on them. After the recent hack of Sony and other big companies, which endangered the privacy of many, Obama even acted and called for better privacy protection. To help defend your privacy from prying eyes, the SearchLock team has some tips on how you can improve your online protection. Though they do not grant complete immunity to being tracked, they do give great protection and will surely come in handy!

1. Tips on Online Privacy Protection
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2. Online privacy has been in a deepening crisis
ever since Snowden decided to make the
world aware of how their government has
been spying on them. After the recent hack of
Sony and other big companies, which
endangered the privacy of many, Obama even
acted and called for better privacy protection.
To help defend your privacy from prying eyes,
the SearchLock team has some tips on how
you can improve your online protection.
Though they do not grant complete immunity
to being tracked, they do give great protection
and will surely come in handy!
Here are the three easy steps:

3. 1) Don’t search when logged in to an account
Web browsers and search engines today give us
the option to create an account and log in. They
link your searches and activities to your account.
This is a great feature but it’s also dangerous in
terms of protecting your privacy. It makes it a lot
easier for people to trace your searches. Instead of
having the trouble of identifying you, your account
gives you away immediately. For better protection
of your privacy, it’s best to search while logged out
of your account.

4. 2) Delete your cookies
Cookies are the tidbits of information you leave behind while you browse the
internet. People can certainly use them to track you down and see where you
have been. Sadly, it isn’t possible not to use cookies and not be tracked; however,
you can choose to delete them every after session by changing the settings in
your web browser. Here’s how to delete your cookies every time you close your
browser.

5. For Chrome users:
1. Click on the Menu.
2. Click “Settings”.
3. Click “Content Settings” in the “Privacy” section.
4. Under the “Cookies” section,
5. choose “Keep your local data until you quit your
browser”.

6. For Internet Explorer:
1. Choose “Tools” from the menu
2. Then go to “Internet Options”.
3. Click on the “Privacy” tab
4. Then expand it with advanced options.
5. Block “First-party Cookies ” and “Third-party Cookies”.
6. Click “Always allow session cookies”.

7. For Mozilla FireFox:
1. Click on the “Menu”
2. Then go to “Options”.
3. Go to the “Privacy” tab, and under “History”
4. Choose Firefox will “Use custom settings for history”.
5. Enable “Clear history when Firefox closes”.
6. You can click on settings to choose what to clear, but
remember to enable cookies.

8. 3) Use anonymizing software
Simply put, such software tries to hide your footprints. Instead of you communicating directly with someone
else, your data passes through the anonymizing software, which encrypts and bounces your internet traffic
through a series of computers before sending it to the recipient. This makes your footprints a lot harder to
follow. There are different anonymizing programs out there, such as SearchLock. You can learn more
about how SearchLock protects your searches here.
Additionally, it really pays to be careful when using the internet. Many websites ask for your birthday, email
address and telephone number. Be very careful when giving this information out. Make sure that it is a
trusted website. One more thing. Using “incognito” in Chrome or “ private browsing” in Firefox doesn’t mean
that people won’t be able to track your searches. Yes, your searches are not listed in your history but you
are still very vulnerable to bring traced and tracked.
These steps will help a lot in protecting your privacy but as I said earlier, this doesn’t mean that you will
never be tracked. It is still possible to penetrate through all this protection but it will take more time for the
hacker, making it not worth their time. I hope these tips help you to protect your privacy! If we find any more
ways to secure your privacy, we’ll update you guys!

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