Nobody likes being spied on, so if you found out that you were being spied on, you would probably take steps to end this. Now, what if you don’t find out that they are spying on you? That is why today we will explain to you what you must do to prevent them from tracking your activity on the web.
This is what happens with some browsers. When you have internet activity, even browsers can access your location without permission and know your personal information. So there is a way to avoid this, keep reading on the topic: how to prevent browsers from tracking my internet activity?
How to prevent browsers from tracking my activity on the Internet? – via incognito mode
If you want to keep the amount of information stored by your browsers to a minimum, it is best to open your browser in incognito mode. So that you understand, let’s say a cookie.
Surfing the Internet is like eating a cookie that drops information “crumbs” in the browsers you use. Now, to prevent the “crumbs” from falling into the wrong hands, you have two options: sweep them up or eat them off a plate so they don’t fall to the ground.
Putting it into practice, incognito mode would be like that “plate” that prevents your information from being tracked by browsers. This incognito mode is present in almost all browsers as a good option to avoid inappropriate use of your data.
With this option, you will be able to browse the internet privately, since it prevents the sites you visit from being recorded in the browser’s browsing history.
Incognito mode also allows that when you close a window that you have used, there will be no record of the activity you had or the cookies. This data is automatically deleted and there will be no evidence of anything you have seen or done.
Prevent the Google Chrome browser from tracking you
If you are a Google user, you should know that like millions of users, this company in some way or another is tracking you. If you use Chrome, you should know that this browser stores data such as the activity you perform on any website, browsing history, among others.
Although it is serious, you should not scare yourself away, you can partially mitigate Google’s crawling. Through the Activity Controls of your account, you can put a limit to this tracking by Google. You get this section by locating yourself in the photo of your Google account, located in the upper right part of the screen.
Click on this and then follow the path Manage your Google account> Data and personalization and finally you will arrive at the Controls section of your account activity. Once there, you will be able to manage the tracking that they do on the activity on the web and in applications, location history and YouTube history.
What you can also do is configure your Google account to permanently disable the Google advertising cookie. This type of cookie is the most common in Google’s tracking methodology. For this, you must download an add-on that Google will give you from your help page. You can also protect the browser by blocking password access to Chrome with extension.
How to prevent browsers from tracking my internet activity? – with extensions
If you are not convinced to only configure incognito mode, you can take advantage of the extensions as a practical measure. There are many extensions, but below we will talk about the two most effective and reliable: Ghostery and Disconnect.
Let’s start talking about Ghostery, this is such an effective extension that it is able to detect any tracking and intelligently notify you of it. It is available for many browsers and is easy to install.
The second option you have available is Disconnect, which not only warns you of traces but also allows you to block it. Whether you have an Opera, Firefox, Safari or Chrome browser, you can download the extension and protect yourself from any type of tracking. With these two extensions, you can be free of any type of tracking.
Now that you have options to avoid browser tracking, it’s up to you to put this knowledge into practice. It will always be appropriate that you use the best secure and private browsers on the internet. Thus, you can rest easy knowing that no one will track your activity on the internet or obtain personal information from you. In short, you will surf the internet in a safe and comfortable way.