I use OpenDNS and various tracking protections on my browser. I didn't even know OpenDNS did ads! All I get is a weekly email from them which goes direct to my junk mailbox. And to dirkwr above. Whatever OpenDNS do they can't link it to your other stuff like Google do because they're not YouTube etc. Having said that…

The reason an app needs to see your phone state is so it can tell if there's an incoming call and so can save its stuff and get out of the way while you deal with the call.

text here,

You can cancel a squillion Google accounts, stuff your Hosts file with every last one of Google's various addresses, doubleclicks etc., and ditch your Android for an iPhone but if you still route your DNS through 8.8.8.8 then Google's doing a drive-by vacuuming of the sites you visit. In the world where Google do no…

We were just talking about these earlier at work and the potential ID issues.

[dl.dropbox.com] (This is OK to run, it's just the script below)

Never mind, you'll soon be here in the US of A! How long is it now?

Their new privacy policy gives you the option to remove your histories. I'm sure, if for no other reason than to prevent being sued, that they do remove the history if you do the procedure Whitson mentioned above. The privacy policy is a legally enforceable contract between you and Google governing how they work and…

so... what are you trying to say? The OP wants to watch Netflix. Bandwidth isn't a problem for me. I use it to watch some BBC stuff from England. Tunnelbear is fast.

If the chicken crossed the road near me (NYC) he'd certainly achieve his aim.

It doesn't get easier than Tunnelbear.

Also, whichever VM you use, take a few minutes to make sure you have the newest version.

It's what you see when you look through an empty brandy bottle.

If you pause then your viewing history will still be saved on your computer, just not on Google's.

It says Clear all viewing history. It doesn't say Don't display viewing history. Google have a good set of lawyers I'll bet. If it says clear it means clear.

Google have some secret sauce in the Chrome browser. For example in Chrome sign in to Gmail then go to YouTube, you're signed in. In IE9 (the only other browser I have, maybe Firefox does this too) do the same thing - you're not signed in to YouTube.

It's not even an annoyance issue it's a profiling issue - someone making a guess about you which may or may not be true.

But if Google offer credit in the future they will be able to access your SSN; or if they buy one of the credit reporting agencies? You are thinking strictly in terms of the present. In any case your SSN isn't particularly secure, the first three is the office you registered at which isn't hard to guess if your…

What happens if there's a data breach at Google? Or a dishonest employee? Or the hard drives end in the trash? Or Google is bought out by WeSellYourStuff Inc.? Or the republicans win the election and use the DHS to commandeer the data? Or Sergei finds God (or Satan - same difference)?

No but if your data is all linked across Google sites there's more to sell/steal and so it's more valuable and you've lost more. Anonymous was just a generic way of saying that if it's on a hard drive it can be stolen - choose your demon, by the CIA, FBI, the Russians, Microsoft...