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Some Internet browsers.

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Collect your data
for their own personal use.

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Google.

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But the bigger issue here are Internet
trackers.

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In short, trackers
follow you everywhere on the Internet

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and steal things
like your computer's IP address,

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your personal data,
and your browsing history and trends.

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Some web browsers are better than others
for protecting your data.

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Everyone's favorite web
browser Chrome is not the best,

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but luckily the defaults on both Mac
and PC are pretty good on map.

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There's obviously Safari,
which has some very good

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anti-tracking programs
built right into the browser.

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Apple calls
it intelligent tracking prevention,

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and what it really does

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is block a bunch of known trackers
from being able to track your activity,

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as well as block them
from something called cross-site tracking,

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which lets trackers
follow your activity from site to site.

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Now on Windows, you have Microsoft Edge,
which used to be a bit of a joke,

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but these days is actually
a very competent browser.

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If you take a look at the settings,
you'll see a suite of excellent options

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that let you tweak
your privacy controls to your liking.

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You can give up a little bit of privacy

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and get back functionality
in some of your favorite websites, or

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you can take on more of your own privacy
and just stop using certain websites.

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There's plenty of other safe
browsers out there that are excellent.

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Some of the best options out
there are browsers like Brave or Firefox.

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These things are going to be packed
with privacy

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features designed to stop trackers
from being able to follow your activity.

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But another thing to check are the
permissions that websites have access to.

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Most websites have no business
having access to your computer's webcam

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or microphone, and most,

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unless you're using like Google Maps,
don't need to know your location either.

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What are some of your tech
related questions?

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Drop a comment below
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