Google and new regulation

[Reece]

I wasn't aware but it seems that when you use google, personal info is being sent to News Media, this may only concern Australians but thought I'd mention it here in case it effects others (or other countries).
Talk about "Big Brother watching"!!

https://about.google/intl/ALL_au/goo...=middleslot-p2

[Gerald]

Data collection, personal information of various search engine companies, authorities has been going on for many years. Some of these sell this on to another party. In addition, the authorities also want to know what habits and what you visit, the companies on their part then want to adapt to direct hard marketing to the user, however, there are methods to hide their presence and basically "sweep" the tracks away from their own activity, and thus you and others hide your activity on clearnet. No more "big brother watching".

[Reece]

Originally Posted by Vendor

there are methods to hide their presence and basically "sweep" the tracks away from their own activity, and thus you and others hide your activity on clear net. No more "big brother watching".

Please point the way Vendor!

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Reece

Please point the way Vendor!

PM inbound!

[Jimbuna]

Get a good VPN

[vienna]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Get a good VPN

Even a VPN is not all that really secure:

What VPNs Do and Don’t Do

Usually, when a VPN routes your traffic through a server, the connection is encrypted, meaning that only you and the server can decrypt the traffic. This can be useful in a lot of situations—like when you’re using public WiFi—because it means that no one, from your Internet service provider to the network owner to any hacker can see any of the information you send over the network.

What a VPN doesn’t do is protect you from insecure websites (websites without a security certificate). A VPN doesn’t protect you if you submit information to an unencrypted site or accidentally download malware. In short, a VPN protects you in transit from one site to the next but can’t protect you from any actions you take at your destination site.

Do VPNs Actually Protect Your Privacy? --

https://securityboulevard.com/2019/1...our-privacy-2/


Caveat Emptor...





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[Gerald]

Originally Posted by vienna

Even a VPN is not all that really secure:





Do VPNs Actually Protect Your Privacy? --

https://securityboulevard.com/2019/1...our-privacy-2/


Caveat Emptor...





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I can partly buy some of the information contained in the link you refer to here, while also mentioning other measures as well. There are many options and if you make conscious choices, you can also reap good fruits. In browsers, delete activity from different actors automatically, as well as other tools that are available and there is a lot.The choice of browser can have a positive impact.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by vienna

Even a VPN is not all that really secure:





Do VPNs Actually Protect Your Privacy? --

https://securityboulevard.com/2019/1...our-privacy-2/


Caveat Emptor...





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I take your point but the first starting position imho is to get a good VPN what additional programmes you add to the equation should embrace and support one another.

Sad man me but because of my past I have a mix of what the goodies and the baddies use and atm everything is hunky dory but as hackers etc. evolve so must your countermeasures.

Nothing is guaranteed foolproof but what you can do is make it as difficult as possible for the baddies.

There are a select few on here who have witnessed the results.

[vienna]

My posting about the VPN was because an awful lot of people seem to believe just a VPN will make them secure; many of us who have been around the InterWebs since it ran on steam are fully aware any really confident level of security is not down to just one tool, however the marketing of VPNs is geared to it being a sort of 'cure all'; I just wanted to point out to those who may be under such an impression that degree of caution is necessary and should be personally exercised...




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[Jimbuna]

Fair and valid point