Incognito Mode Won’t Keep Your Browsing Private. Do This Instead.

Browser compartmentalization can help you escape the clutches of the data-gathering machine

Fast Company
Apr 12, 2019 · 8 min read
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By Michael Grothaus

The big tech giants, online advertising companies, and data brokers use a ton of tricks to track you around the web. These include things like cookies…

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