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Companies Know What you search online? - 771 - 06-13-2014 05:03 AM
I asked a question like this and they all said they know exactly what you search on like bing. but would they know if you searched using incognito?
- Charley Horse - 06-13-2014 05:10 AM
You can reduce the tracking by blocking the ad/ tracking/ third party cookies.
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-20042703-285/disable-third-party-cookies-in-ie-firefox-and-google-chrome/
Once you have blocked them from installing you will need to delete the ones presently installed
on your computer. You can do that manually or use CCleaner or Super Antispyware Free.
Websites like Amazon will track you if stay logged or have not allowed only session cookies
and have logged out.
If you have downloaded one or more free programs you should scan for adware. Today
almost all free programs and many add-ons come with adware...ads and more tracking.
Use the programs below to remove adware.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/junkware-removal-tool/
http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/
Don't know about incognito but DDG Search does a good job protecting your privacy.
https://duckduckgo.com/