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A manual to protect your privacy on the Internet.
I. METADATA
II. BROWSER
III. COOKIES
IV. VPN
V. ENCRYPTION
VI. SEARCH ENGINES
METADATA
How can you visualize surfing the internet? With each website you are visiting, every Instagram post you look at, every password you have saved on a website, you are leaving a trace. This kind of trace is called metadata. For example, if you are uploading a photo to your website, you could see with what kind of camera, where and at which time the photo was taken.
BROWSER
Browsers are the portal to the internet. With them, you search into it, save things for later, do your shopping, send money etc. Therefore, it is important to use a safe browser, that does not collect usage information about you. Use a browser that does not sync data with other devices. Try using Brave.
COOKIES
How to avoid cookie tracking? There are a few measurements against aggressive ad-cookies (3rd party cookies). You can install in your safe browser add-ons, to disable tracking. Disable social plugins, which definitely track you – when you have a social media account. One add-on is called “Ghostery” – it basically works like an ad blocker, just for cookies. Furthermore, it sends out a do not track request.
VPN
With every connection from every device you have an IP address, which is literally spoken your internet provider address. With that address you can be traced and identified on the internet. If you intend to not being identified that easily – for what reason ever – you should consider getting a virtual private network (VPN). This network redirects your actual IP address to another one. It can be imagined like a tunnel, in which your data is being transferred to its actual destination. Try using NordVPN.
ENCRYPTION
Encryption starts with End-to-End Encryption while messaging, goes to SSL encryption when visiting websites and to encrypted hardware, to protect it from their abuse.
Starting with messengers, it’s important that you make sure your conversations are not saved or forwarded in a way. Try using messengers like Signal or Threema for your private conversations.
When visiting websites, make sure there is a lock next to the URL, that means the owner set an SSL protection for it. Your computer you can easily save from outside abuse by encrypt your hard disk. How it works, you can find here.
SEARCH ENGINES
What comes to your head, when thinking about search engines? Let me guess: Google. Their service is already so merged to the (western) Internet we know, that it’s hard to exclude it, because it’s everywhere. But like Browsers, are search engines are portal to the Internet, and they’re deeply connected to every other service e.g. YouTube, Gmail… If you want to break this system of constant synchronization and tracking, I can warmly suggest you some search engines, which not evaluate your searches. For example: Startpage, Ecosia or DuckDuckGo.
III DISPLAY
A manual to protect your privacy on the Internet.
I. METADATA
II. BROWSER
III. COOKIES
IV. VPN
V. ENCRYPTION
VI. SEARCH ENGINES
METADATA
How can you visualize surfing the internet? With each website you are visiting, every Instagram post you look at, every password you have saved on a website, you are leaving a trace. This kind of trace is called metadata. For example, if you are uploading a photo to your website, you could see with what kind of camera, where and at which time the photo was taken.
BROWSER
Browsers are the portal to the internet. With them, you search into it, save things for later, do your shopping, send money etc. Therefore, it is important to use a safe browser, that does not collect usage information about you. Use a browser that does not sync data with other devices. Try using Brave.
COOKIES
How to avoid cookie tracking? There are a few measurements against aggressive ad-cookies (3rd party cookies). You can install in your safe browser add-ons, to disable tracking. Disable social plugins, which definitely track you – when you have a social media account. One add-on is called “Ghostery” – it basically works like an ad blocker, just for cookies. Furthermore, it sends out a do not track request.
VPN
With every connection from every device you have an IP address, which is literally spoken your internet provider address. With that address you can be traced and identified on the internet. If you intend to not being identified that easily – for what reason ever – you should consider getting a virtual private network (VPN). This network redirects your actual IP address to another one. It can be imagined like a tunnel, in which your data is being transferred to its actual destination. Try using NordVPN.
ENCRYPTION
Encryption starts with End-to-End Encryption while messaging, goes to SSL encryption when visiting websites and to encrypted hardware, to protect it from their abuse.
Starting with messengers, it’s important that you make sure your conversations are not saved or forwarded in a way. Try using messengers like Signal or Threema for your private conversations.
When visiting websites, make sure there is a lock next to the URL, that means the owner set an SSL protection for it. Your computer you can easily save from outside abuse by encrypt your hard disk. How it works, you can find here.
SEARCH ENGINES
What comes to your head, when thinking about search engines? Let me guess: Google. Their service is already so merged to the (western) Internet we know, that it’s hard to exclude it, because it’s everywhere. But like Browsers, are search engines are portal to the Internet, and they’re deeply connected to every other service e.g. YouTube, Gmail… If you want to break this system of constant synchronization and tracking, I can warmly suggest you some search engines, which not evaluate your searches. For example: Startpage, Ecosia or DuckDuckGo.
Cookie | Dauer | Beschreibung |
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cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | 1 year | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category . |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
Cookie | Dauer | Beschreibung |
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CONSENT | 2 years | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
Cookie | Dauer | Beschreibung |
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IDE | 1 year 24 days | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies are used to store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads and according to the user profile. |
test_cookie | 15 minutes | The test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 5 months 27 days | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
YSC | session | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
yt-remote-connected-devices | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
yt-remote-device-id | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |