Securing Firefox – Configuration Settings
This is about stopping the dreaded disease, Data Diarrhea. The websites you visit can leave behind a trail of data on your computer and in their server logs. All of this Data Diarrhea can identify the...
View ArticleFireFox V.10
The biggest change in V.10 that most Firefox users will see is the smaller number of add-ons marked as incompatible. About 80 percent of all add-ons should now be compatible. Previously, most add-ons...
View ArticleStealth Search
Stealth Search Engine When I first looked at this search engine in November 2011, I wasn’t impressed at all — it didn’t even find me! In April 2012 this is actually looking like a useful search engine....
View ArticleDisconnect from Tracking
A browser extension for Firefox called Disconnect disables tracking by Google, Facebook, and Digg. The same firm provides the Collusion extension for Chrome and Safari that does the same thing....
View ArticleHow To Hide from Google
Google isn’t a search engine — it’s an advertising engine. Google makes its money from advertising. You may have noticed that the advertisments that appear on your Google search results page is related...
View ArticleSocial Search — checkusernames.com
This searches 160 social network sites for a user name. It is powered by the KnowEm search engine and has the same features of interest to the Investigator as NameChk plus a very interesting feature....
View ArticleSocial Search — Pipl.com
I bet you know about Pipl.com. I also bet you don’t know my super secret way of using it. I have just shown you how to search usernames using three good sites. Now in this limited time offer, I will...
View ArticleSearching Google Anonymously While Signed In
I know you still want to use Google without giving away all your personal data. To accomplish this while using Firefox, use the Searchonymous extension. With this, you can stay signed into your Google...
View ArticleMotherpipe
Do you want a search engine that does the following: doesn’t keep details on what you are searching for doesn’t store your IP address doesn’t use cookies doesn’t track you doesn’t send your search term...
View ArticleGoogle-Free Wednesday–Disconnect Search
Disconnect Search is a specialized VPN that lets you search privately using Google, Bing, and Yahoo search engines. They say they don’t log searches, IP addresses, or any other personal info. Using...
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