{"id":136,"date":"2012-02-27T10:53:02","date_gmt":"2012-02-27T17:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/2012\/02\/stop-websites-from-tracking-your-habits\/"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:47:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:47:05","slug":"stop-websites-from-tracking-your-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2012\/02\/27\/stop-websites-from-tracking-your-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Websites from Tracking your Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re tired of being used like a data collection zombie, do something about it.&#160; Over the weekend I installed a product called \u201cDo Not Track Plus\u201d which is a plugin for every major browser out there.&#160; Essentially it stops webpages from sending <\/p>\n<p>A quick screen capture is shown below.&#160; On the left is a quick 2 min video showing what it\u2019ll do, and on the right are its main benefits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/02\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/02\/image_thumb.png\" width=\"713\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is basically what it helps to do for you (blocks social trend trackers, ad network trackers and your typical analytics trackers).       <\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"750\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"750\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/02\/image1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/mmman.itgroove.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mmman\/2012\/02\/image_thumb1.png\" width=\"304\" height=\"499\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Try it.&#160; 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