Privacy in internet in 21st century

Use private Browsing if someone can use your computer...
Use fake names & multiple email adresses and different passwords for everything & you should be fine....

 

It's possible but you got to ask yourself, why would they want to?

Unless you're like a political figure or celebrity I don't see it happening and even then its value is questionable. People don't just hack and track random people in case they can gain money through blackmaio as just firing random hacks at random people is a waste of time. Even then a random hacker would probably just shrug and say "just a gay guy."

Some programs that a lot of people have on their computers do track your activity, but this is for advertisement purpose and done by automated programs.

If you're still worried, put your browser in incognito mode when you visit these sites. That way they won't appear in your browser history. You could also download malwarebytes for free and use the program to scan your computer once a week to clear out any unwanted malware.

 

I have a lot going on right now, but I will try and respond to this later. I would say overall it depends on what your threat model is. The short of it (for now) is, against a government, you're totally screwed already; against a criminal adversary, things are looking a lot better.

 

Unfortunately there are groups who do target people in a similar fashion, although they usually just hack into webcams or target people over skype (like they did with that poor lad in Scotland), not actually tracking people's usage. I think its good advice to place a small strip of electrical tape over a webcam if you don't use it regularly just as a bit of added security.

To the OP though, provided you are safe on the internet (which everyone should strive to be): using "safer" porn sites if you have to, not downloading anything that seems illegitimate, not opening spam email, have a good antivirus and antimalware installed, keep your passwords strong and don't disclose personal details online (unless on secure shopping sites etc for instance) then I'm sure you'll be absolutely fine.

And as others have said, "incognito" or private browsing sessions (which most browsers offer) will mean no one with immediate access to your computer will be able to see your browsing history for when you used them.

 

You want privacy in the 21 century? Looks like we're gonna have to get extreme.
1. Use a version of linux known as Tails
2. Always use TOR
3. Run A VPN, and pay for it with an anonymous major brand gift card(yes that is a payment method)
4. Never buy anything online with a card or bank account, instead pay with everything using bitcoins or litecoins(or Coinye west coins if accepted)
5. Never run scripts on any websites, you never know what malicious malware the FBI is trying to spread to get those pictures of you at that party last night.
6 Never use your real name ex:John Smith. Instead use the word "not" before your name and this will surely throw them off your trail ex: Not John Smith. This is the most effective way to stay anonymous.
7 And finally, always wear these around Amazon.com: Nose, Eyebrows & Mustache Glasses (6 PIECES): Clothing this is used to make sure that no spooky NSA cameras see how you really look. This can also be used for taking profile pictures for social media, and is best paired with the "Not" (insert actual name here)

Well I hope this helps, this is the only way to stay anonymous on the internet. Those who don't follow these rules are just sheeple and are mind controlled by the NSA and the Illuminati.

 

While the chance of data collection is very high, the chance of blackmailing you is infinitesimal. "Data collection" doesn't necessarily mean somebody's personally tracking what sites you go to and what passwords you enter; it will probably just be entered into a database and used to target ads or some crap like that. Look at the flak that Facebook caught for collecting more than browsing habits from its members. And honestly, not a lot has come from it.

If you don't want your browser to keep info about you, you can customize what it saves or delete what it has already. Or alternatively just use private mode for anything you don't want saved.

 

Security on the internet is being dissolved by the government constantly. However, the best way to assure your privacy on the internet, if you were extremely concerned about it, would be to use a combination of vpns and the TOR network. However, more than likely, these security precautions would be really excessive.

 

You have no privacy on the internet for various reasons.

1. HTTP: A shit load of traffic still goes out in the clear.
2. Even if you use HTTPS (for sites that support it), all your DNS requests go in the clear. So, when you go to horseporn.xxx (which I hope doesn't really exist), the NSA knows that you asked to have that name resolved to an IP address.

I have already looked for so many things that would give authorities ample chances to blackmail me. Yet that's not my greatest concern. As a hacker, my greatest is getting busted while doing freedom-fighting activities.

There are of course, mitigations. You can, as others have said, use Tor. You can use Tails as well, but Tails doesn't provide persistent storage (I don't think. Can someone correct me here?) If you use a VPN in addition to Tor, it's important to keep the following in mind.

1. Just like with condoms, where it's pinch first, then roll down, with Tor and a VPN it's connect to the Tor network, then connect to your VPN.
2. Make sure you're not paying for the VPN in a way that's traceable to you (credit cards/debit card). Prepaid credit cards can also be a problem (because you're on CCTV at the store purchasing it) depending on what you're doing.

~ Adrienne