There are different tools that can help you protect your online privacy.
Best Practices
Browsers
- Tor - Tor is a browser that uses relays to hide incoming and outgoing data between relays.
Browser Extensions
- Privacy Badger - Privacy Badger is a browser extension created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It can block and display which web trackers are present on a webpage.
- Ghoster - Ghostery is another browser extension that can block web tracking software.
- Adblock - Adblock is a browser extension blocks ads and ad trackers when visiting a webpage.
Search Engine
- DuckDuckGo - DuckDuckGo is a Google search engine alternative that does not track users.
Apps
- Duckduckgo App - This app is a browser using the DuckDuckGo search engine. At a touch of a button, it will clear your mobile device's history and cookies.
- Signal - Signal is a SMS (text messaging) app that encrypts text messages for senders and recipients.
- Tor Orbot - Tor Orbot is a VPN that uses the Tor network for Android devices.
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