I just discovered a nice little tool to help protect me from the dangers of browsing. This tool is called Tor. This is a free software that helps you protect yourself from network surveillance and traffic analysis. If you care about anonymity online, this may be a good option. In order to get it running you can do some reading and get the app here:
Ubuntu instructions
Ubuntu installation
More Ubuntu network privacy info
Windows instructions
Tor also has a plugin for Firefox, and since I'm a Firefox user I will also need Torbutton
Just a note, Tor will help you with anonymity, but in no way it is perfect, there are still risks. Not only that but be aware that using Tor will probably slow down your internet, so use it as you see needed. If you have the firefox plugin you can enable and disable it whenever you want, which adds a bit of flexibility depending on your needs.
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