Protect your privacy with Self-Destructing Cookies

Protect your privacy with Self-Destructing Cookies

ByAjay

With Big Brother spying and advertising agencies attempting to give you targetted advertisements, protecting your privacy online is getting even more important than earlier. Meet the “Cookie”, the biggest helper to tracking your movement is sitting on your computer via your browser. If you’ve never heard, here’s a direct definition from Wikipedia: A cookie, also known as an HTTP cookie, web cookie, or browser cookie, is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored in a user’s web browser while the user is browsing that website.

Facebook Privacy: Stop search engines linking to your timeline
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Facebook Privacy: Stop search engines linking to your timeline

ByAjay

By default, Facebook allows search engines like Google or Bing to index your public timeline. This allows people to search you out even if they are not on Facebook. While they won’t be able to access your profile, you might not want to let your timeline be viewed on search engines.

Facebook introduces new Privacy shortcuts
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Facebook introduces new Privacy shortcuts

ByAjay

A few weeks back, we posted about the reawakening of an age old chain message that concerned Facebook users posted in an attempt to protect their privacy. I don’t think it is in response to this, but Facebook released a new feature that aims to put privacy controls more into the hands of the users instead of tucking them away into screens they won’t get through. You’ll find the new settings in the top right of your Facebook just next to your photo.

Stop posting the Berner Convention message on Facebook

Stop posting the Berner Convention message on Facebook

ByAjay

It is a hoax! Over the past 24 or so hours, I’ve seen quite a few people posting this message: In response to the new Facebook guidelines I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details, illustrations, comics, paintings, professional photos and videos, etc. (as a result of the Berner Convention).

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Google Adsense to launch Interest-based advertising. Update your Privacy Policy

ByAjay

Google Adsense Team announced the launch of interest-based advertising. This will be offered to a limited number of advertisers over the next few months as part of the beta before a full fledged launch in late 2009. So, what is interest-based advertising To develop interest categories, we’ll recognize the types of webpages users visit across the AdSense network.

Stop Google from tracking your Chrome usage
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Stop Google from tracking your Chrome usage

ByAjay

When Google Chrome launched, everyone jumped to embrace the new browser. Unfortunately, each Google Chrome installation contains a unique ID that allowing identifying its user. I don’t know about you, but I don’t like anyone or anything tracking my usage, especially not a company as powerful as Google.