7 Ways To Hide Your Online Identity

Everything has become public since the invention of the Internet. The privacy has become the biggest concern for the entire world. Web privacy must be the top priority for anyone spending time on the Internet. We hear many stories of systems, governments and corporations being hacked overnight. Today we have listed 7 ways to hide your online identity.

1. Anonymous Web Surfing: 

You can learn about anonymous surfing and protect your online footpaths. Being invisible on the web is not that difficult anymore. There are number of ope source projects, some plugins and special features in browsers that you can use to hide your IP address and avoid cookies.

2. Hide Your Search Habits: 

Search engines do lot of profiling. Google keeps record of what you search and your search behaviour as well. You can hide what you are searching for from everyone. There are multiple ways to hide your search habits. You can use incognito window or log out of Google account. You should use social media accounts very cautiously and beware while using third party accounts using your social media sing-in option.

3. Avoid Intrusive Registration: 

Companies offer many things online to fetch your personal information. There are many sites and blogs that force you to register to view their content. You can install the plugin called ‘BugMeNot’ and guard your online privacy from such intrusive registration sites.

4. Use Junk Email Accounts: 

With the growth of internet, many sites and products started compulsory online registration with email. You get dozens of promotional mails and offers over email since then. You can use fake, temporary or junk email address to register for such services. Nobody wants their primary email address to be spammed.

5. Use RSS: 

Instead of surfing through millions of your favorite websites everyday, you can use RSS technology. You can do much more with RSS than you can possibly imagine. RSS helps you cover your tracks in an intelligent way. You can use some RSS reader software or online tool t track all the updates on your favorite sites.

6. Dangerous Malwares: 

Internet is full of junk software. Malware is the worst thing that can happen to you. Malware is a malicious software application that tracks what you are doing on your computer. You can get read of malware software using free spyware removal tools.

7. Social Media Privacy: 

Social Media sites are targeting users to record their behavioral pattern. Facebook has recently changed its privacy policy which is not very beneficial to the average user. The latest changes are quite complicated and difficult to understand for average user. Social media platforms are being used to profile people. You can use the advance privacy features in social media sites to protect your personal data. 




This article originally published by:-efytimes