Privacy on the Internet is important because privacy risks range from the gathering of statistics on users to more malicious acts such as the spreading of spyware and the exploitation of various forms of bugs (software faults). Many companies, such as Google, track which websites people visit and then use the information, for instance by sending advertising based on one’s web browsing history. Sometimes prices on products are changed on the same website, depending on tracking information, and two people may view the exact same product on the exact same website yet be presented with very different prices.

  • @obbeel
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    62 years ago

    Very useful information, thank you. I wanted to browse the web more privately for reasons that I’m not a corporate toy.

    • @beansniffer
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      32 years ago

      I’m not a corporate toy

      Thats great. Mind if I use this?