Online tracking involves techniques which include monitoring what you are doing online. In this digital era, online tracking is a threat to your internet privacy and even your online security. You should at all costs ensure that you are not being tracked.
誰可以跟蹤您？
誰可以跟蹤您？There are several entities interested in what you do online. The most common ones include governments, ISPs, search engines, third-party websites, and even individuals; including cybercriminals.
- 政府 – 政府機構一直在進行監視。他們不斷監控公民在網上做什麼。雖然這可能有助於收集情報，但有時它可以用來壓迫一些人。
- Internet Service Providers – Your ISP sees everything you do on the internet. Through monitoring, they can track and even deduce your internet patterns and behaviour. What they choose to do with this info is up to them.
- Search Engines – Search engines almost contain all the info that you have queried. Some of this info may be personal and in the wrong hands can be used to blackmail
- 網站 – 每次訪問網站時，您都會留下可用於跟蹤您的IP位址。企業網站也對您的數位足跡感興趣。
- Individuals including cybercriminals – When you are connected to a certain network, e., via public WIFI, an individual can monitor and log what you are doing online. Cybercriminals can even spy or dox you.
如何完成在線跟蹤
上述實體通過以下方式實現在線跟蹤;
- IP 位址 – 連接到互聯網的每台設備都被分配了一個唯一的標識號，稱為IP位址。此數位可精確定位設備的確切位置，並可用於提供其他資訊。
- Cookies – Cookies are files stored by your web browser when you visit a certain. These files help deliver a tailored browsing experience. But in the recent past, cookies have found another function, that is – they can be used to track users even after leaving the website.
- 瀏覽歷史 – 您的ISP通過您的IP位址自動記錄您的瀏覽歷史記錄，因此可以跟蹤您的在線行為。Cookie 和其他應用程式還可以記錄您的瀏覽歷史記錄並將其用於跟蹤。
- 定位服務 – 除了您的IP位址外，您的設備還可以跟蹤您，因為它們具有GPS等定位服務。如果這些資訊落入壞人之手，您的隱私將受到侵犯。
在線跟蹤的危險
在線跟蹤可能會產生許多風險。基本的包括;
- Targeted Advertising – Ads can be annoying and sometimes intrusive. Advertisers use your online behaviour to bombard you with adverts of a certain
- 政府壓迫—— 通過在線跟蹤，如果你反對它，政府可以讓你沉默。它甚至會影響您的業務表現不佳，並施加其他有害影響。
- 人肉搜索、勒索、身份和財務盜竊—— 網路犯罪分子可以通過在線跟蹤輕鬆創建您的個人資料，並使用它來冒充您。這可以讓他們訪問更多資訊，例如財務資訊。他們還可以勒索您，人肉搜索您，甚至執行其他複雜的攻擊。
防止在線跟蹤
防止在線跟蹤以下是您可以用來防止在線時被跟蹤的方法;
- Using a VPN – A VPN encrypts all your online traffic, and this ensures you security is intact. It also assigns you a virtual IP address, and this ensures you avoid being tracked by even your ISP.
- 更改餅乾設置 – 由於 Cookie 可用於線上追蹤您，因此在您的瀏覽器設置中，將它們設置為在您退出瀏覽器時過期。另外，禁止您的瀏覽器接受第三方
- 禁用定位服務 – 某些應用使用您的定位服務來跟蹤您。當您不使用基於位置的應用時，請關閉定位服務。此外，檢查允許哪些應用訪問您的位置。
