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By William Cook
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How the internet works How companies pay their bills How to privately browse the internet
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Go to any web page Free services Free Information Free videos
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Your information Give marketers information on what is being searched Specific ads placed on web pages for the user Marketers give money to the web site
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You click on a link for a product You get ads on the sides of the product you are looking at Information is sent to the marketers to better refine ads sent to you Marketers give money to the web sites for the ad space
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People love free services and goods More profitable than a monthly fee for users Users never think anyone is tracking them
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What is it? How it makes browsing the internet have less hassle How do you privately browse?
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Ad Block Plus Ghostery
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Blocks HTTP requests according to their source address. Block many aspects such as: iframes Scripts Flash
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What does this mean? Browsing the web without ads and their links Helps limit the possibility of getting a virus Marketers can still track the user
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Shows who’s tracking the user Blocks HTTP requests according to their source address in two ways: Cookie Blocking Cookie Protection
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What does this mean? Marketers can’t track visited websites Ads can’t be made user-specific Ads will still show up Can still get viruses
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Cover each other’s downside Ad Block Plus hides the ads on a website Ghostery will prevent marketers from tracking the user
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“Do not track me” button Click Firefox -> Options -> Privacy -> “Do not track me” button
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Tells websites you visit that you don't want to be tracked. Only Honor bound Not fool-proof
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How the internet works How companies pay their bills How to privately browse the internet
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