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Best Alternative Browsers For Privacy
Best SoftwareInternetSoftware Reviews July 6, 2017 Andrew Baxter
Increase privacy, security and control, with these five great web browsers.
Of course, all browsers can be considered ‘secure’, but there’s an ever-growing choice of specialised products that are specifically focused on the issue of user privacy, of handing back control to the user and opting out of the kind of data collection systems that underpin the likes of Google. All of which is music to the ears of many of us.
So, if you value privacy and control, there’s bound to be something here for you. And, as always, if you use a product you love and we’ve not listed it, please let us know in the comments section below. Enjoy!
HTTPS Everywhere
Okay, so strictly speaking HTTPS Everywhere is a Chrome extension rather than a browser – but –it’s abrilliant extension that ensures connection to certain websites (see below) is accomplished over secure hypertext transfer protocol (HTTPS). HTTPS Everywhere is an EFF/Tor project that enforces SSL security wherever that’s possible in Chrome, Firefox and Opera. HTTPS Everywhere will automatically switch thousands of websites from "HTTP", to "HTTPS". The extension can protect you against numerous forms of surveillance and account hijacking, and some forms of censorship. We said that it works with “certain websites” and that’s because it’s only compatible with sites that support encrypted communication, but do not have it enabled by default. This is achieved by rewriting the requests to these web locations, so that the connection is done more securely.