My parents have found out that I've been deleting my history, I do this because I haven't come out to them and I don't want them to find out, I don't want to come out until I'm living on my own. They've been hearing that you shouldn't trust teens with unsupervised Internet access and now they think that I'm doing something inappropriate and they're getting super suspiscious. The Internet is basically the only place I get support from. So now I can't delete my history (I'll still do it for today) and I don't know what I'm supposed to do?
There are ways to browse privately in most internet browsers. While the most competent of techies can get your browser history even if you go incognito, this way will be atleast effective in keeping your parents at bay if all they do is just look at the broswer history. Google Chrome - Incognito Tab/Brwser Firefox - Private Browsing Safari - Private Browsing Opera - Private Tab/Browser Look them up and use them. I use Google Chrome incognito sometimes and it keeps the sites I visit off the browser history list. So I'd suggest you do all the other browsing on the regular browser window and use the incognito/private browsing windows for EC and any other LGBTQ+ related stuff. That way your parents can still see the "ok" sites you've visited and not suspect you're on EC or any other LGBTQ+ support site.
Yeah. I second Phoenix77. I never delete my internet history. I just use the private browsing/incognito for sites I wish don't show up in history.
I agree with the above's strategies. I've managed to keep EC hidden for over a year on my iPhone with my tech-savvy dad by using private browsing mode on Safari. I never delete my regular history, and I don't act suspicious when he wants to go through my phone, so I doubt he knows. And Colin, I hope you manage to find a way to stay online... I'll miss you!
Yes private browse if you can! Also don't worry about being monitored if they find out who you are then that's what happens.
