It is no coincidence that when we are visiting an Internet page, advertisements appear in banners and when we see them we think that it is pure coincidence. It should not surprise you that you have ever been inclined to buy what is advertisedsince you were seeing those articles a short time ago.
This happens because our privacy is not covered so the personal data and other tastes that we have are being handled by companies that direct invasive advertising at us without us noticing.
We will point you the importance of having our intimacy and privacy protected on the Internet. For this we will show you the different methods that exist to protect yourself from intruders when we browse the web.
Why is it important to take care of our privacy while browsing the Internet?
The answer to this question seems simple at first, but when we begin to analyze and realize each of the risks that are latent when our information is in the hands of intruders it becomes a really deep question.
It is important to maintain the privacy of our data on the Internet because if they are known by different companies or people, we can have some pretty nasty consequenceseither when we browse the web or in our own lives.
If a third party knows our data, they can send us invasive advertisements to our email or directly to the banners used by the pages we browse, making this an uncomfortable and unpleasant experience. Our focus of attention is scattered.
Related to the previous point, our information is sold to companies without our consent, and above all things, if these steps were unavoidable, if we want to acquire some of these products, we do not obtain any extra benefit. If they know our location or usual route, we can be prey to an assault or some other kind of ambush, so we always recommend disabling GPS for these issues.
when they know of our profession and our address, they can send us false invitations to seminars or trainingoften making us waste time or simply make us leave our homes alone for criminal purposes.
It’s necessary that our family activity is always invisible to Internet surfers, since with this we take care of the integrity of our children or any other member of our family. We have to avoid being related to avoid big headaches.
There are many other reasons why we should protect our privacyin Europe it is a citizen’s right that companies prevent the leakage of information from people who use the Internet.
In Europe there is a with which it becomes mandatory, for all pages, that they issue a warning before we begin to interact with it, indicating that they use these spy files. Although many times this is not fulfilled, but when there is legislation there are also penalties for offenders.
What kind of tools can we use to increase security and privacy on the Internet?
There are different ways to protect our privacy when we browse the Internet, many are focused on ourselves and others are focused on the networks we want to access. For this to happen, that is, we can protect our own data information, we can use different tools.
Next, we name all the possible tools that exist for you to browse the web safely:
VPN
A VPN, from English ““, is a technology used in computer networks which allows secure access to a LAN, that is, it is a virtual private network with which we can create a local network on another public access network.
To put it in simpler words, if we are connected to a wifi wireless network, we can be seen by the other members who are connected to the same network, if we activate VPN this will prevent us from being detected. Therefore, a VPN is very useful for our data if we want to not be detected through browsingand that this information is not leaked and thus prevent it from passing into the hands of unscrupulous third parties.
safe browsers
There are many browsers that offer their quality of being safe from the point of view of our privacybut unfortunately not all of them are. In addition, it is difficult to know precisely if their privacy policies coincide with the computer development that these platforms have.
This is why we have analyzed the issue and we have decided to share which are the safest according to our analysis. You will find this information later.
extensions
The extensions are different Internet sites with which we can prevent our data from being delivered to prying eyes and from advertising directed at us, theft of our data, and so on.
These extensions work with codes that allow the blocking of malware and ad files, as well as tracking and avoiding cookies.
Do not worry, they are all programmable and we will see it later in this article..
Operating systems
When we have to talk about secure operating systems we are entering into a great discussion, because for many Windows it is secure and for other people it is not so much.
In order not to enter into this endless discussion, what we can tell you is that if you work with a Linux operating system your security will be guaranteed and also with those Apple software.
dns
If we have to deal with the issue of a DNS server, for its acronym in English “Domain Name System“, we are mentioning that thanks to a DNS we can know the IP of each member of the computer network to which we want to connect.
By knowing the IP of any member, we can establish their location and other data necessary to know if our privacy is in danger or not. It is a really useful tool and many times it is not used as much.
List of the best tools and applications to improve your privacy and security while browsing the Internet
As we have already developed the different tools that exist, it is time to analyze each one of them so that our privacy is in good hands.
Let’s remember that it is necessary to keep our data hidden from intruding people or companies, to avoid inconvenience and improve our user experience.
Next we detail the best tools that you can use:
Opera
This browser is perhaps one of the browsers that is best known and that we place the least trust in it. We clarify that is an excellent browser that includes a VPN and allows you to block ads through its blocker that has it integrated, the latter being a tool that very few have.
Tor
If we need a secure browser, With Tor we can navigate calmly from this platform, knowing that all our data is permanently hidden, it is the browser par excellence of the “deep web”.
Epic Browser
The browser was designed for MacOS and Windows operating systems, it comes preconfigured not to accept third-party Cookies or DNS. Likewise, the browsing history and all the cache information are automatically deleted when we leave the browser.
SRWare Iron Browser
Our privacy will be protected when we use this browser, since it guarantees that our data is really in good hands, and it can also be used on mobile devices with the Android operating system.
comfortable dragon
This excellent browser is available for different operating systems and can block cookies and other spy files that endanger our privacy.
Mac OS X
This operating system is developed by Apple, it has important advantages in different aspects, especially in everything that refers to the security of its users. Its codes are based on invisibility, allowing no folder or file to appear in our Dock that we do not want to be visible to third parties.
iOS
Also developed and designed by Apple, this operating system features the same security as any product the company makes. It is intended for mobile devices.
linux
Being a free and open source operating system, it has great advantages when we need to protect our security. It is developed by many professionals and computer engineers, who are also users of it, making this operating system a robust software.
TwoFactorAuth.org
This extension is related to the authentication under the 2-step procedure. When we activate this security mechanism we can block those Internet services that cannot pass this filter, for example adware and other kinds of junk files.
IotScanner
His work is based on the detection of those devices that can be detected publicly. It is based on the permanent verification of the IP addresses of each of the devices that are connected to the same network.
With this extension we can do a network analysis and it will inform us with a green alert if it is possible to connect.
eff.org/privacybadger
Thanks to this extension we can block all those malware or adware that try to install websites on the Internet.
Google Public DNS
Perhaps it is the most well-known DNS service for us. It is provided by Google and its main IP is “8.8.8.8“, while the secondary IP is “8.8.4.4” for IPv4. For IPv6 it is “2001:4860:4860::8888” Y “2001:4860:4860::8844” respectively.
In order to use this DNS service we have to go to the router that is connected to the Internet and we will have to change the configuration.
We will carry out these steps:
- We enter with a web browser and write in the address bar “168.1.1“
- We enter the router software
- We write the username and password
- Let’s go to “Setting“
- primary DNS
- Secondary DNS
Comodo.com (DNS)
It also provides services to block cookies and any other spyware. It protects our privacy through these primary and secondary IP addresses respectively”8.26.56.26” Y “8.20.247.20“
public-dns.info
It offers services for many servers and has a very good database, being able to find them according to a filter made by country. For Spain, the IPs are detailed in the following image:
quad9.net
For IPv4 it is “9.9.9.9” and if we work with IPv6 is “149,112,112,112“. It protects our navigation from sites where it blocks advertising files and any other that may be harmful to our privacy.
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