Not much of a surprise here

[kt4hx]

I was looking at my newsletter (email) from MalwareBytes (I am a lifetime subscriber) and the big article was about how Google continues to track you even in Incognito mode in Chrome. I honestly do not find that much of a surprise. Google/Chrome is well known for tracking users activities. Anyway, here is the article for those wishing to read it:

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/ ... -in-chrome

[Gordon]

I moved away from Chrome browsers a while back. Mostly because they began to slow down the system I was using at the time. I found that most anything on the internet has the ability to track usage and location plus browsing history. It's just the 'nature of the beast' these days.

[kt4hx]

I moved away from Chrome browsers a while back. Mostly because they began to slow down the system I was using at the time. I found that most anything on the internet has the ability to track usage and location plus browsing history. It's just the 'nature of the beast' these days.

Indeed so, as there is little done in secret anymore. My preferred browser nowadays is DuckDuckGo. They do at least state they do not track you. If that is totally true I am not sure. Whenever I traveled overseas, I always utilized a VPN to try and help keep some privacy. I know some prefer to utilize the TOR browser to preserve privacy in their internet use. I've never gone quite that far.

[StarHugger]

They think I'm in New York I have them so blocked, none of yesterdays searches show up as ads on tommorows pages and that makes me feel, Well...Like a Private Citizen!

Thanks for the posting indeed...

[Thefatkitty]

So true Alan and an interesting article, thanks I've been running Linux for 2 1/2 years with a VPN. I connect to a Zurich server. One thing I don't do is store passwords, I have a notebook and my limited memory for that. Yes, it's a pain typing in my 16 digit bank card number and lengthy passord for on-line banking, but I sleep at night.

And Linux helps; what's an Anti-Virus program again? Hackers don't usually hack Open Source software; it's the corporations they're after.

Granted, Linux doesn't run everything; and to use it you should be somewhat technical and not afraid of a command line, changing file permissions, etc. Not all the time; depends what you're doing and want to install.
Still, I have all the Windows programs I need (PIPP, AS3, AstroSurface, AstraImage, PSP9) for my Sun/Moon AP running tickety-boo under it.

And having said that, if I ever get into Deep Sky AP, by the looks of it I'll have to go back to Windows! But being old and stubborn and even cheap is saving me money and not getting hacked/viruses...

Thanks again and all the best to you and Mary,

[pakarinen]

I switched to DDG on my phone quite awhile ago, switched on my laptop more recently.

[gregl]

I'm with Mark. I use a VPN and the Opera browser and I feel it works. Some 7 or 8 years ago before I started this I searched for a pair of shoes and now every time there is an ad on a site where I have an account, it's for shoes, not for anything I've searched for since. So I'm confident that what I'm doing works. Also, I do not store passwords anywhere but locally in a plain document. And every site has a different password. When I travel I write the few I need on a sheet of paper in a simple code that no one is going to recognize as a set of passwords, much less break the code should the somehow get into my luggage and find it.