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==Firefox==
===Browser===
*Switch to ''Mozilla Firefox'' for your web browser. Firefox is a well known and mature web browser that benefits from being opensource and not owned by Google. It also has a robust set of Addons that are key to improving your privacy online.
*Browsers like IE, Safari, & Chrome are "closed source" which means there is no easy way for individuals to audit the code to ensure that it isn't doing anything malicious. It is common for these browsers to send back data on what you are doing to their respective developers (Microsoft, Apple, etc).
*http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
===Addons===
#*HTTPS-Everywhere contains a list of sites with secure conections available and tells your browser to use those secure connections when visit the unsecured version of their sites.
#*https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
#PrivacyFix
#*Check out the [#Lockdown Facebook, LinkedIn, & Google] section below for more detail on PrivacyFix.
==OpenNIC==
*http://www.opennicproject.org/configure-your-dns/
==Lockdown Facebook, LinkedIn, & Google==
*The simplest way to lockdown the Privacy settings of these sites is to use the PrivacyFix addon for Firefox (or Chrome, but by now you shouldn't be using Chrome!). The point of this is to allow your friends to see your activity but restrict, as much as possible, the ability of random strangers and external companies, to view & use your information.
#Install the Addon by following the link below and clicking the Big Red Button
#Reload the PrivacyFix website and follow the PrivacyFix instructions!
#After completing the steps you can keep it installed to use their "dashboard" or uninstall it. The settings you modified will persist.
*http://www.privacyfix.com/start
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