Wanting to hide online?

Why Is Hiding Your Identity Important?

Another place you’ve got the option to keep your searches private is online.

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Learnhow to clear your Google Search historyfor help.

)standard email service.

Some email providers act as a middleman between you and whoever it is you’re emailing.

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The makers of the private search engineDuckDuckGo offer this kind of email service through their app.

Using an alternative email account, though, is completely legal.

There are lots offree apps that can remove spywarefrom your gear.

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Another way to prevent spyware is to just be careful what you’re downloading.

Learnhow to hide on Facebookor what to do tomake Facebook private.

You might even prefer to abandon the traditional social media sites and opt instead for so-calledanonymous social networking apps.

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If you stay logged in, you’re not really hiding anything.

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Social media terms

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