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===Search Engines Collect & Retain Your Searches===
'''PROBLEM:'''<br />
Modern Search Engines (like Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc) collect information on you and your search habits. They keep track of what you search for, linking it to your IP, and storing it for 6-18 months.
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'''SOLUTION:'''<br />
[http://www.startpage.com StartPage] Startpage is a company out of the Netherlands that runs a search engine proxy. Basically, you submit your search to them, they strip off all of the extra data that identifies you and then they send the search to Google. They get the results back and pass them back to you. In this way Google sees the searches coming from Startpage but is unable to link the search to you.
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*##*Type ''"startpage.com"'' in the ''Keyword'' box
*##*Type ''"<nowiki>https://startpage.com/do/search?cmd=process_search&cat=web&query=%s&language=english</nowiki>"'' in the ''URL with %s in place of query'' box
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===Traffic Analysis===
'''PROBLEM:'''<br />
Using a method known as [https://www.torproject.org/about/overview.html.en#whyweneedtor Traffic Analysis], 3rd parties (such as Wireless Snoopers, ISPs, etc) can, tell where you are, potentially where you are from, who you are talking to, etc. This can have potentially negative consequences if you are abroad, if are a, potential, target for foreign spies based on your job, etc.
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'''SOLUTION:'''<br />
The [https://www.torproject.org/ Tor Project. The Tor Project basically causes your internet traffic to be bounced around amongst a series of random, anonymous, computers to effectively hide all of the location data about the information your are transmitting & receiving.
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'''DRAWBACKS:'''
#Some websites features that are powered by your physical location won't work correctly.
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'''HOW TO INSTALL:'''
*Coming Soon
==Sources==
#[http://nplusonemag.com/leave-your-cellphone-at-home n+1: Leave Your Cellphone at Home]
#[https://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs18-cyb.htm Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: Using the Internet Safely]
#[https://startpage.com/eng/privacy-policy.html Startpage.com Privacy Policy]
#[https://www.torproject.org/ Tor Project: Anonymity Online]
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