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I am interested in making my home system as secure as possible from both external threats and monitoring of my general internet usage.
I'm not involved in any criminality, I am simply getting more and more annoyed at the superfluous tracking whenever I go to YouTube for videos, or search other websites for information (often to use in support of debates in this Forum).
Now I am using Duck Duck Go as my primary browser, and with windows 10 there is this "InPrivate Browsing" for what it's worth. I also use Norton Antivirus.
But I am curious about tools that modify the IP Address so whenever I go someplace repeatedly they can't "profile" me.
Any advice, or experiences? NOTE: I am a U.S. citizen and resident in America so I am not seeking anything that would violate US Law.
I am interested in making my home system as secure as possible from both external threats and monitoring of my general internet usage.
I'm not involved in any criminality, I am simply getting more and more annoyed at the superfluous tracking whenever I go to YouTube for videos, or search other websites for information (often to use in support of debates in this Forum).
Now I am using Duck Duck Go as my primary browser, and with windows 10 there is this "InPrivate Browsing" for what it's worth. I also use Norton Antivirus.
But I am curious about tools that modify the IP Address so whenever I go someplace repeatedly they can't "profile" me.
Any advice, or experiences? NOTE: I am a U.S. citizen and resident in America so I am not seeking anything that would violate US Law.
This will be my very first thread that I will subscribe to. I'm very interested in this as well. By onion, I presume you're referring to Tor?
Well my main piece of advice would be to uninstall Norton Antivirus. It is is essentially a virus and is incredibly taxing on your system.
What?
Please explain.
Wouldn't a VPN solve your problem?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_networkA virtual private network also known as a (VPN) is a private network that extends across a public network or internet. It enables users to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if their computing devices were directly connected to the private network.
VPNs can provide functionality, security and/or network management benefits to the user. But they can also lead to new issues, and some VPN services, especially "free" ones, can actually violate their users' privacy by logging their usage and making it available without their consent, or make money by selling the user's bandwidth to other users.
Well doing a search on Duck Duck Go for "TOR" indicates a yes...that would be it.
I first heard of it as ONION, and I did some research back then. Apparently it is a system which uses my computer as a link in shared system, making it one of three (maybe more?) random connections with other systems so that the IP address is the last link before the search address location is connected.
The concern I have is if MY IP address will appear on some government monitoring system, making me a suspect if someone else is searching for child porn or some other illegal activity.
It eats performance....
..and it is rather ineffective, so in effect a virus. All it is doing is slowing down your computer
Using TOR only allows anonymous access to TOR sites, all open Web sites will have the same protections as whatever your browser gives you.
Really? Well that's a waste of time.
I want something that simply connects me to a site so I can see and utilize it, without leaving the same footprint.
I hate when I go to YouTube and they create a "history" after I check one or two videos; then presents me with videos they think I'd like. I know what I want and would prefer seeing new, random videos I might wish to watch.
Well that's a given with most applications.
Not really since a virus has more insidious effects than simply slowing down a computer.
In any case what would you replace it with?
You mean this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network
1. Would this require me to either lose my "basic internet" replacing it with the VPN, or have a separate connection?
2. Costs for paid services so as to avoid the bolded portion of the quoted section?
Really? Well that's a waste of time.
I want something that simply connects me to a site so I can see and utilize it, without leaving the same footprint.
I hate when I go to YouTube and they create a "history" after I check one or two videos; then presents me with videos they think I'd like. I know what I want and would prefer seeing new, random videos I might wish to watch.
Well that's a given with most applications.
Not really since a virus has more insidious effects than simply slowing down a computer.
In any case what would you replace it with?
You mean this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network
1. Would this require me to either lose my "basic internet" replacing it with the VPN, or have a separate connection?
2. Costs for paid services so as to avoid the bolded portion of the quoted section?
You mean this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network
1. Would this require me to either lose my "basic internet" replacing it with the VPN, or have a separate connection?
2. Costs for paid services so as to avoid the bolded portion of the quoted section?
You mean this?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network
1. Would this require me to either lose my "basic internet" replacing it with the VPN, or have a separate connection?
2. Costs for paid services so as to avoid the bolded portion of the quoted section?
Using TOR only allows anonymous access to TOR sites, all open Web sites will have the same protections as whatever your browser gives you.
I am interested in making my home system as secure as possible from both external threats and monitoring of my general internet usage.
I'm not involved in any criminality, I am simply getting more and more annoyed at the superfluous tracking whenever I go to YouTube for videos, or search other websites for information (often to use in support of debates in this Forum).
Now I am using Duck Duck Go as my primary browser, and with windows 10 there is this "InPrivate Browsing" for what it's worth. I also use Norton Antivirus.
But I am curious about tools that modify the IP Address so whenever I go someplace repeatedly they can't "profile" me.
Any advice, or experiences? NOTE: I am a U.S. citizen and resident in America so I am not seeking anything that would violate US Law.
I am interested in making my home system as secure as possible from both external threats and monitoring of my general internet usage.
I'm not involved in any criminality, I am simply getting more and more annoyed at the superfluous tracking whenever I go to YouTube for videos, or search other websites for information (often to use in support of debates in this Forum).
Now I am using Duck Duck Go as my primary browser, and with windows 10 there is this "InPrivate Browsing" for what it's worth. I also use Norton Antivirus.
But I am curious about tools that modify the IP Address so whenever I go someplace repeatedly they can't "profile" me.
Any advice, or experiences? NOTE: I am a U.S. citizen and resident in America so I am not seeking anything that would violate US Law.
Really? Well that's a waste of time.
I want something that simply connects me to a site so I can see and utilize it, without leaving the same footprint.
I hate when I go to YouTube and they create a "history" after I check one or two videos; then presents me with videos they think I'd like. I know what I want and would prefer seeing new, random videos I might wish to watch.
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