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Intro Randy covers some very easy measures you can take to better your internet experience. Announcements Got married. Honeymoon trip to Spain and Paris was a dream. Back to work “It’s crazy. I was searching for ‘X Product’ online and, minutes later, I see advertisements in my Facebook feed. This is Ridiculous!”. A couple of episodes back, Episode 24, I covered VPNs. While I’m not a huge user of VPNs, I still think they can have their benefits. In that Episode, I also more or less concluded that you can never fully avoid being tracked. However, there is more you can do to be tracked less. This recommendation is going to be based on lessening the amount of tracking across companies’ websites. Use DuckDuckGo Search engine. They pride themselves on NOT tracking you. It works really well. The only problem for me is, I forget to use it all of the time because I’m so used to using Google. It’s hard to drop convenience. It’s totally worth a shot to try using it though. Here’s a link I’ll include where DuckDuckGo gives you the bullet points on how you can help encourage others to avoid being tracked: https://duckduckgo.com/spread I think a killer concoction could be using the Chrome Browser with the DuckDuckGo plugin. The DuckDuckGo extension for Chrome basically blocks Facebook and Google hidden trackers. The extension also forces sites to use an encrypted connection when available. Or, the Vivaldi browser, with DuckDuckGo set as your home page is something else that could work well. Even though Chrome appears that it can be tweaked by adding these secure extensions, I can’t say I can trust Google 100% in the way the browser was compiled down to every line of code. Anything could be going on there, and I’d never know because Chrome is like a proprietary version of the open source Chromium, but contains more proprietary abilities, such as more codec playback and the ability to auto-update. Something else you may not know about DuckDuckGo is that their site explains things very well. They have a page here: https://spreadprivacy.com/protection-from-isp-spying/ that explains how an ISP can spy on you and which types of pages they can typically see. They write it in an easy-to-understand explanation too. See you on the Duck Side! That sounds cool. I don’t watch Star Wars. Follow our Podcast If you’re a new listener to the Manly Hanley Podcast, we would love to hear from you. Visit our website and leave a comment. While you’re there, be sure to subscribe to the newsletter! Follow Randrums on twitter Like the Manley Hanley Podcast Facebook page.