I have a Windows 10 operating system. I use Edge as my browser and IPSTAR as my provider. Checking my internet usage this morning, I find that I have used 1.3 GB of my usage on ad analytics. I search with google. I must admit I have never seen this before, so maybe I have missed it or its something new. I have found out what ad analytics are, but I cant find out how I can stop ad analytics on my computer. Can anyone help.
How Can I Stop Ad Analytics
SuperMick on 06/05/2021 - 11:01
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If he is using Firefox he can also disable all ad trackers without needing an extension
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-prote…
You probably cannot stop everything. As you are using edge, consider adding browser extensions such as:
The IBA opt-out. This is Google's own extension to limit its tracking
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/iba-opt-out-by-goo…Then, do a search for the EFF Privacy Badger and uBlock extensions. They are both very good at removing tracking cookies and the like.
Finally, why not move to duckduckgo.com as your search engine? It is as good as Google but has no tracking.
Also, you may want to reset your browser. Delete all cookies and other bits which may be used as trackers.
edge://settings/clearBrowserData
And, check your Windows privacy settings as this may not be just Google. I would at least turn off location and advertising ID as suggested on the link below.
https://windowsradar.com/change-privacy-settings-in-windows-…
I I use 'Privacy Badger' and 'AdBlock'. both are available with Edge.
Brave is an alternative Chromium browser if you're open to changing from Edge. It has less tracking and you can still add Chrome extensions.
firefox + ublock origin for me + duckduckgo as search engine
Just because you search on Google, it doesn't really matter. It is the analytics tracking on websites that is doing the analytics tracking. Almost every website would have it, even OzBargain does.
As suggested, use an Adblocker or extension to stop the tracking if you are that concerned. I use Adblock in Chrome. I mainly use it to block the ads, not really the data tracking.
If you're up for the challenge and a bit tech-savvy. I recommend looking at buying a raspberry pi and install PiHole . Gives you a complete home network solution to stop ads and protects your privacy for you and anyone who uses your home network.
My housemate set this up!
Thanks to everyone who commented. I have installed Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin. I have also altered my settings so that cookies are deleted when I close Edge. I never realized that I or we were so easy to track.
I use Brave Browser + Ghostery does the trick for me But it use have money$$ you can try AdGuard
I use uBlock Origin by Raymond Hill on FireFox to block tracking and ads, it's best thing I've installed since surfing the internet and say goodbye to ads on Youtube. But I suggest leaving it off for certain sites like ozBargain :)
If you want to continue using Edge instead of FireFox, you can try this one its not made by the same developer so I cannot comment how well it works.
I also suggest changing your search engine to DuckDuckGo instead of Google as they track you less. But sometimes the results aren't as good, but it's only a matter of time before they keep improving it or you can use Google once in awhile. Make sure you change your default search engine in settings to automatically use DDG as default search engine so it doesn't revert to Google/Bing.