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How you can REALLY hide your web searches from Google snoopers: Tech experts reveal using a VPN, a Navy-developed browser or encryption key can shield internet history - as lawsuit claims 'incognito mode' is 'not truly private'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Using a VPN is a good first step to becoming anonymous online, but it is bolstered by using the anonymous web browser TOR

  • TOR was developed in the 1990s by US Navy computer scientists who saw the need for an anonymous internet browsing option

  • Google is currently embroiled in a lawsuit alleging it mislead users into thinking its Incognito mode was a fully private search function

  • The lawsuit recently revealed internal emails of Google staffers mocking the Incognito mode's misleading marketing

Posted by: Skidmark 2022-10-19
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=647161