An adblocker
I use uBlock, open-source and without scandale - unlike adblock. It will speed up your internet navigation by blockings ads and trackers !
On the other pages we give you some advices to protect your datas from your ISP.
But they're not the only threat for your privacy.
Here are some other tips to protect it online.
You've probably heard of Brave, made by the founder of Javascript - he previously worked for Mozilla, that makes Firefox browser.
Brave is a privacy-focused browser, with an adblocker included, so the browsing is very fast. Then it's based on Chromium (so it's compatible with Chrome extensions), an open-source (everybody can check the source code) software, which is used by almost every famous browser, excepting Firefox and Safari. But the main advantage comes from the vision of the web of Brave : internet should be free but also privacy-friendly !
To solve this "problem", they made a whole system of ads that respects user's privacy. When a user sees an ad, he will get some token, that he can give to his favourite internet creators (youtuber, webmaster, developper ...)
By the way if you download and use brave I'll get some of these tokens. It's an affiliate link that rewards me with a token created to protect privacy life and make a better internet ... pretty cool !
It seems stupid but it's the source of a lot of troubles. Almost any software can protect you against people around you. The best solution is maybe to buy an anti-spy screen protector.
You can easily find some in little shop, don't feed the giants we're trying to fight ;) (Yes, I dont't put any affiliate link here because it wouldn't be logical - even if I could earn some money...)
Cookies
Cookies aren't a bad thing !
Cookies are datas stored in your browser.
It can be very useful for websites so they can remember some of your actions (they can avoid to show you some options every time you go on their website because they know, thanks to cookies, you previously checked "don't show me again").
The problem with privacy comes when a website includes trackers from other website (like Facebook, Google etc ) inside themselves.
Nowadays, most of the websites uses Google and/or Facebook cookies, to show relevant ads for example.
Thanks to these cookies, compagnies that make this cookies can know your activity on the web, even if you're not using their website.
Nowadays cookies are becoming obsolete, because they are limited (in terms of storage) and have some security issues. Web Storage and IndexedDB are the new - and best - alternatives to cookies.
I use uBlock, open-source and without scandale - unlike adblock. It will speed up your internet navigation by blockings ads and trackers !
An open-source addon that will automatically detect tools that are the most used among the websites you're visiting.
Unlike traditionnal blockers, PB will automatically analyze and block any tracker you're facing. Even the process is automatic, you can fully customize it, to allow, allow without cookies (so it can execute but not remember infos) or block any external ressource.
You can download it here.
UPDATE : since their update, trackers are listed in a regularly updated databse; but you can still choose to make PB learn from the websites you're visiting.
These open-source addons will isolate Facebook and Google when you're on their website so it won't be able to communicate with the other websites.
An open-source from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Tor project that will automatically encrypt your connection to websites, if they allow it but do not encrypt your connection by default. It can protect you against HTTP session hijacking attacks. It's included by default in Brave Browser*.
That's why Tor browser windows size is different every time you open it.
These tell a lot on who you are.
Yes, it seems crazy, but it's used, sometimes, to track you !
If you want to do some secret stuff, Whonix is maybe the best way.
It's pretty complex and not for an everyday-use but i recommand it for specific searches !
It's a whole Virtual Machine that you can execute with softwares like Virtualbox., available for most of the PC's OS.
It comes with Tor, software anonymizing your keystroak, and a lot of other softwares to protect your anonymity.