HOW TO HAVE PRIVATE WEB BROWSING
By William Cook
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
How the internet works
How companies pay their bills
How to privately browsethe internet
HOW THE INTERNET WORKS Go to any web page
Free services
Free Information
Free videos
HOW COMPANIES PAY THEIR BILLS Your information
Give marketers information on what is being searched
Specific ads placed on web pages for the user
Marketers give money to the web site
WHAT’S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES
You click on a link for a product
You get ads on the sides of the product you are looking at
Information is sent to the marketers to better refine ads sent to you
Marketers give money to the web sites for the ad space
WHY IS IT LIKE THIS? People love free services and goods
More profitable than a monthly fee for users
Users never think anyone is tracking them
PRIVATE BROWSING What is it?
How it makes browsing the internet have less hassle
How do you privately browse?
2 PROGRAMS
Ad Block Plus
Ghostery
AD BLOCK PLUS Blocks HTTP requests according to their
source address.
Block many aspects such as: iframes Scripts Flash
AD BLOCK PLUS PART 2 What does this mean?
Browsing the web without ads and their links
Helps limit the possibility of getting a virus
Marketers can still track the user
GHOSTERY Shows who’s tracking the user
Blocks HTTP requests according to their source address in two ways: Cookie Blocking Cookie Protection
GHOSTERY PART 2 What does this mean?
Marketers can’t track visited websites
Ads can’t be made user-specific
Ads will still show up
Can still get viruses
WHAT THEY DO COMBINED Cover each other’s downside
Ad Block Plus hides the ads on a website
Ghostery will prevent marketers from tracking the user
MOZILLA FIREFOX “Do not track me” button
Click Firefox -> Options -> Privacy -> “Do not track me” button
WHAT DOES THIS DO? Tells websites you visit that you don't
want to be tracked.
Only Honor bound
Not fool-proof
CONCLUSION How the internet works
How companies pay their bills
How to privately browse the internet
ANY QUESTIONS?
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