Tools to reduce browser-based tracking

The search engine DuckDuckGo has received a lot of attention because of its attitude towards user privacy. Unlike Google, DuckDuckGo doesn’t store your search queries. Their motto is ‘The search engine that doesn’t track you.’

Not everyone cares whether their online activities are tracked. But for those who do, DuckDuckGo’s Fix Tracking! page is an excellent source of information. Once you’ve selected your web browser, you’ll be presented with a list of tools and techniques that can help to reduce the amount of tracking that is done when you use that browser.

The Fix Tracking! page also contains a section describing Common Tracking Methods. Recommended reading.

About jrivett

Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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