Does browsing privacy depend on what browser you use?
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03-17-2014, 08:53 AM
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Yes and no.
Your privacy can only be affected via your browser by the sites you visit via for example Javascript, cookies and DirectX. There is a client-server communication between your browser and the website you visit, where your browser act as a client when you want a webpage and the webserver as a server. People in your network cannot access your browser history via your browser. However then can see what kind of webpages you visit by using so called man in the middle attacks. With MITM, hackers can retreive the messages you send to your accesspoint and read and modify them. These messages contain page request/passwords from you to a site. You can prevent them to read (most of) the content of your messages by using a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connection. If you go to google.com you can also type https://facebook.com htttps://twitter.com etc. you would be suprised how many sites accept this connection. In this was hackers can't read your passwords but still can see what pages you request. Ads |
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Does browsing privacy depend on what browser you use? - cluelessignorami - 03-17-2014, 08:44 AM
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