What are Web Trackers?
Well no, we don’t mean these harmless guys. They are often misunderstood and hopefully not about these guys.
We are referring to website trackers which are ‘scripts’ that are deliberately written and embedded into websites we visit. With the distinct function to watch us, gather and collect data about our activity, when we should be in our most private settings. Then the trackers do their worst, they build a profile about us.
Sound creepy to you? Well it should because it is. Think about it, how would we feel if we were out walking one day in a really nice peaceful setting, maybe the national park, or just you and your family and there is someone following you and taking photos and recording your movements.
What would we call this? Not sure? Well, it’s called stalking. So why is this not acceptable out and about but it’s ok when we go online with web trackers?
Why to they do this?
It is a practice for operators of websites and their associated third parties collect and store and share information about visitors so your behaviour can be used to provide further content or create content that is based around you.
There are use cases like this where one of the popular social media sites would monitor when teenage girls deleted photos of themselves and then send them ads and targeted content about beauty products to lure them into a purchasing cycle. Why? Because they think the girls might not be feeling good about themselves, so golden opportunity to pounce and sell some product.
Some might think this is okay, well in our books it is called stalking and should be labelled as predatory behaviour. These trackers answer the question: What are Web Trackers?
We feel at Max that we have a strong competitive alternative in the market for privacy-focused browsers. Our unique combination of features, such as a free VPN with 10GB of data per month, offers benefits. Along with unlimited devices, and a strict no passwords, no logs policy, it helps us bring an alternative to the privacy market. This sets us apart as we assist users going off-grid online.
Time to invest in you and your privacy
Hungry to find out how? Like to work out how to get these web trackers off your back and out of your most private moments. Then feel free to read through another post we think will help you get there – https://maxbrowser.com.au/go-off-grid-online/
Or you could simply drop us a line with no monitoring or strings attached and we can let you know, and best of all, it’s free!
We created Max to specifically help you address your personal data privacy challenges. To create a free browsing community without mass surveillance and bad monitoring. With a customer first approach to data privacy. We have developed solutions that will secure your privacy today, and into the future. We are also hoping to share our knowledge with as many people as possible as we grow with the evolving privacy landscape with our blogs or our regular newsletter.
