How to Stop Being Tracked Online
By Hanging Chen, ProPublica Many sites (including ProPublica and F&O) track user behaviour using a variety of invisible third-party software. This means any time you visit a web page, you’re likely sharing data about your online habits, from clicks to views or social shares, whether you realize it or not. But there are a few ways to combat online tracking — although none can block some of the more sophisticated tracking techniques, such as ‘fingerprinting‘ and ‘onboarding.’ Here are three tools that block the most common trackers. Ghostery Featuring an ever-growing database of over 1,900 tracking entities, Ghostery’s