Ways to Check Who Is Tracking You Online

 How much do you love online content? So much you pay for everything you can? Or do you, like the overwhelming majority of internet users, accept advertising and tracking as a way of life?

1. Panopticlick

Panopticlick is one of the first sites to check out. Panopticlick analyzes your current browser setup, including add-ons and extensions, to measure just how many trackers are tracing your browser session.

This Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) research project takes it one step further by detailing unique configuration features that make your browser more noticeable amongst tracking data.

How to Use Panopticlick

Head to the Panopticlick site and hit the giant orange “Test Me” button. Wait for the analysis to complete. Remember, you will experience different levels of tracking, depending on your list of add-ons and extensions. 

Note that your browser may refresh several times while this test is running. Don’t panic—just wait for it to complete.

2. Am I Unique?

Am I Unique? is a tracker analyzer with a focus on the unique fingerprint your browser broadcasts. Browsers are relatively unique and are frequently used to identify you online.

Am I Unique takes a fingerprint of your system and adds it to its own database, adding a four-month cookie to your system in the process. You can then head back to the site in a few weeks and examine the changes to your browser fingerprint and if you have become more or less unique.

How to Use Am I Unique?

Head to the Am I Unique site and hit the View My Browser Fingerprint button. Wait for the analysis to complete, then check your results.

If you want to periodically analyze your fingerprint evolution, head to the “My timeline” tab in the left-hand menu column. Download the add-on for your browser (there is support for Chrome and Firefox) and check it periodically for changes.

3. Disconnect

Disconnect features in many tracker-blocking lists and for a good reason. The browser extension blocks over 2,000 individual trackers from following you around the internet. Not only that, but by blocking such a vast amount of trackers, websites actually load faster—up 27 percent faster, according to Disconnect.

The best Disconnect feature, however, is the option to allow some trackers and not others. If you’re a discerning internet user, you whitelist the sites that give you great content for free. MakeUseOf, for instance.

How to Use Disconnect

Using Disconnect is extremely easy. First, head to the Disconnect site and hit the “Get Disconnect” button. Disconnect is currently available for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera (download links below). Once you install Disconnect, head to a website, and open the extension. The drop-down panel shows you the entire range of trackers currently jotting down your browser session.

Unlike Panopticlick and Am I Unique, Disconnect lets you visualize the trackers, too. Again, this depends on your other browser settings, but you should see some trackers directly connecting to the site. Some might be harmless or relate to your work or business, so be mindful of precisely what you’re turning off. Disconnect is just one of the many privacy and tracking tools available for Google Chrome.

4. Thunderbeam—Lightbeam for Chrome

Lightbeam is a visual aid to online trackers, displaying the extremely tangled web of trackers between individual sites you visit. Lightbeam was previously a Firefox-only privacy tool. Unfortunately, the Firefox version is no longer available, but there is now an open-source version available for Chrome.

How to Use Lightbeam

Head to the Lightbeam extension page and add it to your browser. Open the extension by clicking the Lightbeam icon in the top-right corner of the browser.

You arrive at an empty graph. You can quickly populate the graph by heading to some of your favorite sites. Each site will populate the graph with its associated trackers. As you visit more sites, the links between them grow, quickly creating a spaghetti monster of tangled lines. It perfectly illustrates which trackers are following you.

The only downside is that the new version is lacking the website logos from the old version. You can hover over each circle to reveal the site, but the website favicons made it simple to see which sites are tracking you.

5. Trackography

Trackography is your third visual tracker-guide, this time with a more interactive take. Trackography, developed by the Tactical Technology Collective, is an open-source project aiming to “lift the veil on the global tracking industry” by visualizing the vast array of trackers following you around the internet.

You can use Trackography to check:

• Which companies are tracking you.
• The countries hosting the servers of those tracking companies.
• Countries hosting the servers of the website you’re viewing.
• The countries hosting the network infrastructure required to access those media servers and tracking companies.
• Further information on how tracking companies handle your data with regards to their privacy policies.

Overall, Trackography is a great visual resource if you want to understand more about the flow of data tracking around the globe, and where you fit into it.

How to Use Trackography

Head to the Trackography site. Select your host nation. Next, select a media website you want to connect to. Connection lines will immediately spread from your host nation, illustrating the path your data takes, as well as the multiple locations you had no idea your data was traveling through.

Blocking the Trackers

Several exceptional tools stop trackers following you around the internet (as well as cleaning up your online presence):

• uBlock Origin: Block trackers, malicious advertising servers, malware, and more.
• HTTPS Everywhere: Enable HTTPS to protect your data in transit.
• NoScript: Block background scripts.
• Privacy Badger: Block trackers and unwanted cookies.
• PixelBlock: Block tracking pixels in Gmail.
• Google Activity Controls: control what Google remembers about your searches.
• deseat.me: Delete your old online accounts in a single click.
• Tor Browser: Uses built-in script blocking and onion routing protocol to protect your privacy.
• DuckDuckGo: Search the internet without trackers taking note.

This list isn’t exhaustive, but it will set you on the right path to avoiding trackers where possible.

Online Tracking Is Endless

The 2018 Facebook revelations pushed online tracking and data collection further into the public eye than before. For many, it was the first realization that everything they do, say, watch, and read online is likely recorded—and out of their control.

Fix Windows 10 Running Slow After Update

Microsoft rolls out Windows Updates to fix known issues with systems, enhance the security of systems after analyzing existing security issues, and changing the built of Windows 10 systems through featured updates. However, many users have reported issues where their system slows down after updating Windows.

Windows 10 Running Slow After Update

Cause

While the causes could be many, slowing down of the system has usually been observed after security updates and Feature updates.

Whenever the system slows down due to any reason, our first approach should be to open the Task Manager and check the disk utilization. If any specific process is causing high disk utilization, we would have to troubleshoot it accordingly.

The generic troubleshooting for slowing down of the system after a Windows Update is as follows:

1] Roll back the security update

2] Roll back the features update to previous build

3] Boot into Safe Mode and then perform a Clean boot

4] Update the drivers

5] SFC scan

Solution 1] Roll back the security update

In case the security update slowed down the system (which is common) you could consider rolling it better till a better version of the update is launched at your own risk. Here’s the procedure to roll back a Windows Update:

1] Click on the Start button and then the gear-like symbol to open the Settings menu.

2] Select Updates and Security >> Windows Update >> View update history.

 

3] Click on Uninstall updates and it would populate the list of recent Windows Updates.

 

4] Right-click on the latest security update and select Uninstall update.

5] Restart the system and check if it makes the situation any better.

Solution 2] Roll back the features update to previous build

1] While keeping the SHIFT key pressed, click on the

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2] Once the system reboots in the recovery mode, go to Troubleshoot >> Advanced Options.

3] Select Go back to previous version of Windows.

Solution 3] Boot into Safe Mode and then perform a Clean boot

1] Boot into the system in Safe Mode and explained here.

2] Check if the issue persists in Safe Mode. If not, either the issue is with a program or a driver.

3] Now boot the system in clean boot mode and try to isolate the possibility of any program slowing down the system.

Solution 4] Update the drivers

In case your system work worked fine in Safe Mode, there’s a possibility that some driver might have been messed up with by the Window update. Here’s the procedure to update drivers in Window 10, however, it is very difficult to update all drivers one by one. Hence, we could use a third-party software to help with the same. We could also use the Automatic update option on Intel’s download center.

Solution 5] SFC scan

It is quite possible (and happens a lot with feature updates), that the system files are messed up with and go corrupt or missing. Rolling back to the previous build might be helpful in this case, but if not, we could we could perform an SFC scan to retrieve the files. Here’s the procedure to perform and SFC scan.

 

Hope it helps!

South Korea becomes the first country to launch 5G network(meanwhile Samsung to launch S7 and S7+ support with 5G Support)

South Korea: South Korea has launched the world’s first nationwide 5G mobile networks two days early, its top mobile carriers said on Thursday, in a late-night scramble to be the first providers of the super-fast wireless technology.

Three top telecom providers — SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus – began their 5G services at 11 pm local time Wednesday, despite previously announcing the launch date would be April 5.

Hyper-wired South Korea has a long reputation for technical prowess, and Seoul had made the 5G rollout a priority as it seeks to stimulate stuttering economic growth.

According to the London-based Global System for Mobile Communications, “The technology is crucial for the future development of devices such as self-driving vehicles and is expected to bring about $565 billion in global economic benefits by 2034”.

BY ALEX PERRY3 HOURS, 56 MINUTES

If you've been yearning for a 5G-compatible tablet, Samsung's new Galaxy Tab might do the trick when it launches later this month.

Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy Tab S7 and S7+ at Wednesday's Galaxy Unpacked event. The followup to 2019's Tab S6 has bigger displays on both models and the same S Pen features as the Note20 phones that were also announced at Unpacked. Depending on your mobile carrier, you can also connect it to 5G networks, which is maybe the standout feature here. Samsung is calling it the first tablet that supports 5G in the United States, and it's out on Aug. 21.

The keyboard is sold separately.

Image: brenda stolyar / mashable

SEE ALSO: Everything announced at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2020

Both models of the Tab S7 move up from the 10.5-inch display on the S6, with an 11-inch display on the S7 and a 12.4-inch AMOLED display on the S7+. You also get 120Hz refresh rates on both, so browsing the web, watching high frame rate videos, or playing video games will hopefully look smoother. More importantly, that brings it in line with the refresh rate on the iPad Pro, perhaps the closest competitor to the Galaxy Tab S7.

Naturally, you can still use an S Pen for art or a separately sold keyboard for productivity on the Tab S7. One nice bonus Samsung is touting is the "Auto Hotspot" feature, which can automatically WiFi tether your nearby Galaxy devices to the S7 when it's connected to 5G.

We still don't know how either Galaxy Tab S7 model matches up with the iPad Pro, but Samsung can at least say its tablet is cheaper than Apple's. The regular S7 will be $649.99 and the S7+ will be $849.99 when they launch. The cheapest current iPad Pro starts at $799.99 and the more expensive 12.9-inch model is $999.99, for reference. The color options for both the S7 and S7+ are Mystic Black, Mystic Silver and Mystic Bronze.

If Samsung can give users anything close to the level of performance you find in an iPad Pro with decent 5G support, the Galaxy Tab S7 could be something to watch out for.

Best Sites To Get What You Want: 'MUST KNOW' FOR GEEKS!

I've seen many people wondering that "I can't find the latest WhatsApp Beta apk", "I can't find mod of this application", "How can I root my phone?", "Which is the best website to download games?", "How can I edit my PDF, how can I merge it?" etc.

So these are the best sites(not by any rank - but from my personal experience) to get your stuff and save your time.

"ALL THE MENTIONED WEBSITES ARE FREE🤘"

1. Docs

Merge, split, compress, convert, rotate, unlock and watermark PDFs:

• ILovePDF

2. Media

Convert YouTube Video to Audio:

• YTMP3 Converter

Free background music:

• NoCopyrightSounds (YouTube Channel)

3. Games

Download the latest PC games"

• Ocean of Games

4. Softwares

Download any kind of software:

• Get Into PC

5. Movies

Hollywood movie with the best quality and minimum size(just for the information):

• YIFY

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6. About Android 

Download the latest APKs:

• Apkpure

Any doubt regarding Android (like rooting, mod etc.):

• XDA-Developers

Download premium apps of PlayStore for free:

• ACMarket

7. EVERYTHING YOU NEED

1337x.to

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