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Tech Take: Clayton Morris has a few tips for preventing outside sources from tracking your web surfing
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Hit a -- more severe fox -- take Google Microsoft and AOL have all now -- to install no track buttons inside their web browsers as the big leap forward for the industry.
Try to make -- browsing the Internet more private but until that button comes along there are some things you can do right now to make your browsing.
A little bit more personal and private.
Let me show you a few quick -- start with your browser most browsers have a privacy option.
We have defined in the browser -- for instance to do this on Google Chrome which is my browser of choice right here.
You go to your preferences menu then click under the hood.
And then uncheck.
All of the options under privacy if you don't want to be tracked.
You can also clear the cookies in your browser cookies used to send information about where you visited to the browser so can easily track you.
If you want your information cleared come down here to clear browsing data missile wipe away any of those cookies.
But get bogged down -- side of your browser.
He can also cherry pick the sites that you want to be sure are not tracking web sites such as privacy choice dot org will let you select sites you absolutely do not want tracking your habits.
Of course this site can only request that the sites you visit don't track Q but the -- you have to comply so this is not a foolproof method but it is a good start.
To get around some of that track.
Another great site is ghost to -- dot com.
Here it is basically it works this way.
It sees what's running in your browser that you don't see guilty it'll show you tags web bugs pixels all sorts of things -- tracks where those are coming from.
He simply downloaded it we'll show you what other sites are currently tracking.
Whether it's an -- cents or some other form of advertising.
On a website that you're visiting the show you who's tracking you it gives you a chance to learn more about each company that's currently watching you.
And finally I know this may go without saying but people still do it don't put your Social Security number or your phone number.
Up on FaceBook or other social networking sites -- -- that -- within FaceBook that asks you your personal information you can put your phone number in there.
Don't do that it's not -- There you go that's a few simple ways to make your browsing a little bit more private.
If you have any questions or other privacy concerns you can always find me on Twitter at Clayton -- -- next time.
