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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Ways To Prevent Others From Accessing Your Personal Details Online

By Amanda Stewart


A few years back, it was very simple to be online, without anyone knowing about your identity. Now, it has all changed, with companies getting all your personal information from a variety of sources, forcing you to try and stay anonymous on the internet.

Staying private while on the internet helps you to stay anonymous. It is very easy for tracking sites to get you online habits and then use them to send you endless junk mails and at times, harmful content. Your information may be sold to the wrong people too. With anonymous surfing, the tension is reduced to quite an extent.

With private browsing, you will be able to hide your information, so that the companies trying to track you can't get your exact IP address, rather than that of the proxy server. All of this will keep you private and secured.

A lot of proxy sites are there, which will help you surf the internet in privacy. There are a handful of browsers too, which allow this anonymous facility, to help keep their clients safe.

There are however, some tips for keeping your information safe yourself. These include the deletion of cookies and web history, after every session that you spend online. You may also want to remove your cache.

All of this is making private browsing very popular; since it helps you stay safe from all the tracking being done on you. The web companies will not be able to find your particular IP and get all your online habits out.

While attacking is the aftermath, where hackers get hold of your personal files and use them incorrectly. All this is now forcing authorities to ask people to use anonymous browsing compulsorily.

So, whether you are forced to use private browsing, or it is your personal choice for safety, it is a very good thing, since you will be surely kept private and hence, safe.




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