Posted by Will DeVries, Policy Counsel 106 million other Americans on Cyber Monday alone, I did much of my holiday shopping online. Less hunting for parking at the mall, more eggnog!Google’s Privacy Tools , of course!‘Hawaii vacation' isn’t ever recorded. (Joyce, if you’re reading this, that’s just an example.) Google Chrome’s Incognito mode , which keeps any websites I visit or downloads I make from being recorded in my browser’s history. Goodbye Williams-Sonoma.com ! YouTube Unlisted and Private video options . I can send a link of the video to our friends and family without all of YouTube and the Internet knowing how she liked her new Kinect . encryption , which help prevent my searches and email from being intercepted by a third party. And of course, I follow the FTC’s safe browsing tips so that I can be sure my credit card information isn’t hijacked but is actually going to Tiffany.com . (again, Joyce, this is merely illustrative...)Privacy Tools page or this recent article from Ars Technica . Happy shopping!
Hi Will, thank you for posting this. I found this quite useful, as I am a newbie internet shopper. I have always wondered how my husband knew of the surprise holiday that I had booked on the internet which was a big secret. I didn't know something like history existed in the cyber world too.
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