Online Safety Extensions on Google

We came across a list of Google Chrome Extensions to ensure your privacy and data control while you are surfing on the browser. These add ons are easy to install and use. They function aptly to protect you from any sort of malware that can hamper your surfing.


Why should you delete urls, cache, cookies from your search history?

Typed URLs – Whenever you enter a URL in the search bar, it automatically stores the link in Windows Registry. After some point, it stacks a list of URLs in the registry and takes up space. These should be cleared time to time to clear unwanted data.

Cache – You've heard the word cache before, but don't know exactly what it means in context of the Web. In common parlance, caching means placing something in storage (usually in secret) on the chance that it may come in useful later (e.g. a weapons cache). A browser or Web cache does exactly that, except with program and website assets. When you visit a website, your browser takes pieces of the page and stores them on your computer's hard drive. Some of the assets your browser will store are: Images - logos, pictures, backgrounds, HTML, CSS, JavaScript etc.

In short, browsers typically cache what are known as "static assets" - parts of a website that do not change from visit to visit.

AdBlock Plus - Tired of ads on Chrome? Adblock Plus is an easy-to-use adblocker that blocks video and social media advertising. More than an adblocker, downloading Adblock Plus lets you take control of your internet, block viruses and stop tracking.

Avast Online Security - Browse without worry or fear with Avast in your corner: we’ll check every site you visit, from Facebook to your bank, to ensure nothing puts you or your data at risk.

HTTPs Everywhere - HTTPs Everywhere is an extension created by EFF and the Tor Project which automatically switches thousands of sites from insecure "http" to secure "https". It will protect you against many forms of surveillance and account hijacking, and some forms of censorship.

Disconnect - Make the web faster, more private, and more secure. Disconnect lets you visualize and block the invisible websites that track you. Load the pages you go to 44% faster. Stop tracking by thousands of third-party sites.

Click & Clean - Deletes typed URLs, Cache, Cookies, your Download and Browsing History instantly, with just 1-click on Click&Clean button!

Discalimer: (App Descriptions as explained on the Appstore)
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