HOW TO HAVE PRIVATE WEB BROWSING

By William Cook

WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT

How the internet works

How companies pay their bills

How to privately browsethe internet

HOW THE INTERNET WORKS

Go to any web page

Free services

Free Information

Free videos

HOW COMPANIES PAY THEIR BILLS

Your information

Give marketers information on what is being searched

Specific ads placed on web pages for the user

Marketers give money to the web site

WHAT’S GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES

You click on a link for a product

You get ads on the sides of the product you are looking at

Information is sent to the marketers to better refine ads sent to you

Marketers give money to the web sites for the ad space

WHY IS IT LIKE THIS?

People love free services and goods

More profitable than a monthly fee for users

Users never think anyone is tracking them

PRIVATE BROWSING

What is it?

How it makes browsing the internet have less hassle

How do you privately browse?

2 PROGRAMS

Ad Block Plus

Ghostery

AD BLOCK PLUS

Blocks HTTP requests according to their source address.

Block many aspects such as: iframes Scripts Flash

AD BLOCK PLUS PART 2

What does this mean?

Browsing the web without ads and their links

Helps limit the possibility of getting a virus

Marketers can still track the user

GHOSTERY

Shows who’s tracking the user

Blocks HTTP requests according to their source address in two ways: Cookie Blocking Cookie Protection

GHOSTERY PART 2

What does this mean?

Marketers can’t track visited websites

Ads can’t be made user-specific

Ads will still show up

Can still get viruses

WHAT THEY DO COMBINED

Cover each other’s downside

Ad Block Plus hides the ads on a website

Ghostery will prevent marketers from tracking the user

MOZILLA FIREFOX

“Do not track me” button

Click Firefox -> Options -> Privacy -> “Do not track me” button

WHAT DOES THIS DO?

Tells websites you visit that you don't want to be tracked. 

Only Honor bound

Not fool-proof

CONCLUSION

How the internet works

How companies pay their bills

How to privately browse the internet

ANY QUESTIONS?