When I was a kid, my parents taught me not to share my real name online in case people I interacted with were predators. What they didn’t teach me was how much information online platforms and websites collect about us during everyday use.
I didn’t begin to understand how much the internet tracks us until I took some marketing and advertising courses. Even then, it was hard to wrap my head around digital surveillance until I tested anti-tracking tools and saw how many trackers were blocked on the websites I visited.
Now, I’m committed to using tools to minimize the information websites collect about me. I’ve compiled a list of those tools — from Bitdefender’s Browser Guard extension to Norton’s fully separate safe browser — to help you make the same commitment.
These tools prevent websites from downloading things like ad trackers onto your device to prevent targeted ads and data sharing with
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