This page includes some useful tools and websites that you can use to help keep track of your online privacy.
- Privacy Tool
Privacy tool is a website that gives readers the knowledge and services to protect their online privacy against intrusion.
- National Cyber Secuirty Centre
The national cyber security website is a great place to go for advice on staying safe, safeguarding your privacy and advice on cyber security. The site features news articles daily that cover these topics so that you can stay up to date with the latest threats, and advice.
- uBlock Origin
uBlock origin is a free to use browser extension, that filters web content. It is primarily used as an ad-blocker, however it has many more features such as; known malware domains, and tracking cookies.
- Facebook Container
Facebook container is a free browser extentions that prevents Facebook from tracking you when browsing the web. The extension isolates your Facebook profile into a ‘container’ so that Facebook cannot track you on other sites using its cookies. This is a great tool for privacy and is highly reccomended, there are some downsides however. The main being that some of Facebooks sharing functionality will no longer work as intended.
- HTTPS Everywhere
HTTPS everywhere is another free to use browser extension that it highly recommended for not only your privacy, but security too. The extension automatically makes sure that sites visited use HTTPS so that you’re secure.
