Lately I’ve been investigating the secret life of my data, running experiments to see what technology really is up to under the cover of privacy policies that nobody reads. It turns out, having the world’s biggest advertising company make the most-popular web browser was about as smart as letting kids run a candy shop.
It made me decide to ditch Chrome for a new version of nonprofit Mozilla’s Firefox, which has default privacy protections. Switching involved less inconvenience than you might imagine.
My tests of Chrome versus Firefox unearthed a personal data caper of absurd proportions. In a week of web surfing on my desktop, I discovered 11,189 requests for tracker “cookies” that Chrome would have ushered right onto my computer, but were automatically blocked by Firefox. These little files are the hooks that data firms, including Google itself, use to follow what websites you visit so they can build profiles of your interests, income and personality.
— Read on www.siliconvalley.com/2019/06/21/google-chrome-has-become-surveillance-software-its-time-to-switch/
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Spirit of Cecilia 
I’ve been using the Brave browser, and I really like it. It’s even more private than Firefox, and it is great at blocking ads. It loads pages very quickly, and it works on both my laptop and phone.
I am trying to reduce my exposure to Google as much as possible. I use Startpage.com for any search. It’s ironic that a company whose motto used to be, ” Don’t be evil” has ended up being so diabolical.
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