How to stay private while using your favourite apps

While tackling hackers is the job of internet companies, users can do plenty to stay clear of prying eyes while using their favourite apps and browsers.

By ET Bureau | Oct 03, 2018, 08.58 AM IST

These browsers also keep a record of everything you have ever done, or will continue to do on the internet.

With 50 million Facebook accounts exposed by a data breach, online privacy is back in focus. While tackling hackers is the job of internet companies, users can do plenty to stay clear of prying eyes while using their favourite apps and browsers.

Google’s Chrome is the most used browser in India as it’s the default gateway to the internet on Android, the underlying operating software in most smartphones in India, followed by China-made UC Browser, which a third of users have downloaded owing to its promise of faster browsing, followed by Firefox.

These browsers also keep a record of everything you have ever done, or will continue to do on the internet — the profiles you visit on Facebook or videos watched on YouTube. Mostly, this information is retained to speed-up load times. Here are some of the ways you can make it difficult for snoopers.