Browsing the Web Privately

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HTTPS Everywhere “EFF makes this browser extension so that users connect to a service securely using encryption. If a website or service offers a secure connection, then the ISP is generally not able to see what exactly you’re doing on the service. However, the ISP is still able to see that you’re connecting to a certain website. For example, if you were to visit https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere, your ISP wouldn’t be able to tell that you’re on the HTTPS Everywhere page, but would still be able to see that you’re connecting to EFF’s website at https://www.eff.org”

VPN https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/6-best-free-vpns/ As mentioned, all free VPNs should be met with a healthy dose of skepticism. We can’t list all the bad VPNs out there, but here are a few of the more popular ones to avoid.

Tracking - ads and social

Tracking - information disclosure

Internet service and WiFi

DNS DNS leak https://www.opendns.com/about/innovations/dnscrypt/ https://dnscrypt.org/

Amul Kalia Here’s How to Protect Your Privacy From Your Internet Service Provider (Electronic Frontier Foundation, 2017).