Thank you. If I do this, will this deny the “surveillance agencies” as the previous poster mentioned.
Originally Posted by Charley3
If you really want to get a crash education on net privacy, bookmark eff.org and read their posts.
AND STAY WAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ANY GOOGLE PRODUCT!
Google has the market cornered on reporting ALL web traffic in real time to whomever pays top dollar - for instance, I have my browser, Mozilla Firefox, set to "Block all known trackers" and have 4 additional plug-ins to specifically trap and stop the trackers the Firefox can't detect. Those four other tracker blockers stopped NINE (9) Google real time trackers ON THIS PAGE ALONE!
Every time you click onto another web page, another set of trackers reports and records exactly what you are looking at in REAL TIME. Erasing cookies and browsing history in Chrome is like pissing yourself in a dark pair of pants - it gives you a warm feeling but the reality is CHROME will not erase Google cookies and history, only other company's trackers.
Google was just fined another 1.9 Billion Euros for continuing to violate the EEU's privacy laws - when people turned off "location services" on their Android phones, it would just disable the GPS function, not the cell tower triangulation function. The only way you can make an Android phone NOT track you is to remove the battery and sim card. If it has a battery and sim card in it, it is still telling Google where your real time location is, EVEN WHEN TURNED OFF!
Your smartest move so far is to have an iPhone. When you back up to iCloud or your personal computer, make sure your backup is encrypted with a password you won't forget - Apple cannot unlock your backup account without the password. And activate either fingerprint (preferred) or facial recognition unlocking - not only is it faster, at least one US Federal Court held that a criminal suspect cannot be compelled by LE to unlock their phone with a body part.
Install Mozilla Firefox from the Apple Store (free), and set the defaults in it to "permanent private browsing" which does erase all tracking cookies and history when you close the window you are using. Avoid keeping windows open in background / minimized. And remember - as good as Firefox is, it won't stop all real time trackers!
If you have the time, watch the documentary, "Citizen Four" on Amazon or "Snowden" (dramatization) on Netflix. Everything you see about the NSA's ability to see your screen in real time is absolutely true, and has been since the 2002 "Patriot Act" which legalized mass surveillance in real time.
Google's own software engineers staged a one day walk out about 3-4 months ago to protest Google's AI / Facial Recognition project with the NSA. the NSA can already remotely turn on any webcam on any device connected to the web (which is why I always place my phone face down on my desk), Google and Facebook were jointly working an a Facial Recognition program that would scan 5.6 BILLION facial images per SECOND from people's mobile devices.
Welcome to 1984 - just a couple of decades late. George Orwell never foresaw what is in our lives every moment today.
Anon. out.