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--- secure_browsing [2019/08/23 15:42] – neil
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 There’s a strong chance that your browser offers a “private browsing” mode.
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 This was commonly discussed as a mode which you were supposed to use when buying a present for a loved one, so that they would not find traces of your secretive gift habits if they happened to use your computer. In reality, it’s pretty much universally known as “porn mode”, for much the same reason.
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   * [[https://pi-hole.net|Pi-hole]] is a piece of software which you run on a computer on your network (it is named after the cheap, low-powered computer, the [[https://raspberrypi.org|Raspberry Pi]], which is excellent for this type of thing). You configure it so that all computers on your network (including computers, phones, and "smart" devices, such as TVs) use it as their chosen DNS server. It regularly checks online lists of known ad or tracking servers, and gives DNS look-ups for those sites a fake answer, so that you do not load them.
     * As a bonus, if you use a VPN to connect back to your network, you can use your Pi-hole system to block adds on your computer or mobile device, wherever you are connecting from.
-  * on-device software, usually in the form of a browser plug-in, such as [[https://adblockplus.org|Ad Block Plus]] and [[https://www.ghostery.com|Ghostery]].
+  * on-device software, usually in the form of a browser plug-in, such as [[https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#installation|uBlock Origin]] and [[https://www.ghostery.com|Ghostery]].