TrackMeNot download for windows is a privacy extension for Mozilla Firefox designed to thwart search engines such as Google, Yahoo! Bing & AOL from collecting user data based on what searches they conduct. By producing additional queries irrelevant to our topic of research (i.e. “fake queries”) and hiding our search in them effectively disguising our query to search engines & profilers alike, TrackMeNot helps minimize their effectiveness & provide some much-needed anonymity!
This add-on runs as a low priority process in Firefox’s background and does not significantly slow it down. Random queries are sent at regular intervals from random engines; within its preferences you can specify how often polling engines should occur and even enable Burst mode (fake queries will only appear if someone searches in their browser), plus there is also Burst capability which sends fake queries only when someone actually searches something in browser – by default Google, Yahoo Bing AOL Baidu are supported as search engines by this program.
TrackMeNot download for mac generates its queries using RSS feeds from websites like New York Times and CNN; alternatively you may select your own feed(s). A special list provides a preview of sent fake requests sent via TrackMeNot download; its log stores them (this feature can also be turned off). Also, each transmitted phrase is displayed prominently in the Firefox add-ons bar alongside its extension icon. Since random queries could contain content which was unacceptable to a user, their creators anticipated this risk by creating an application which features a blacklist to which we can add forbidden phrases and make blocking queries impossible. Furthermore, for anyone wanting to cause trouble among search engine monitoring agencies it’s possible to generate queries considered illegal and dangerous from a special list maintained by US Department of Homeland Security.
TrackMeNot free download latest version should prove easy even for less advanced users to support, with detailed help available from its add-on developer’s FAQs if any features require assistance. Options can be entered by left clicking mouse button over an area covering extension icon and phrases currently sent, usually displayed either within Mozilla Firefox’s add-ons bar or to the right of open tabs in Firefox browser. It offers protection from aggregated queries by anonymous third parties while operating differently than applications which encrypt transfer or cover traces, earning much attention from its userbase.
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In order to install TrackMeNot, visit our website using Mozilla Firefox and follow the download link provided therein for TrackMeNot. Additionally, there is also a version dedicated for Google Chrome available that you may download directly from its developers’ websites.
System Information
- Producer : Daniel C. Howe, Helen Nissenbaum, Vincent Toubiana
- License : Freeware.
- Operating System : Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
