Do you want to search the web privately? Here are some options.
Chrome Incognito Tab
Chrome browser allows you to open an incognito tab. Ctrl+Shift+N opens a new incognito tab. Incognito tabs will not save your browsing history, cookies, site data, and information saved on forms. Be mindful that websites you connect to can still see your IP address and Google still tracks your IP address, therefore you are not anonymous on the web. Use this if you share a computer with someone else and don't want other users to know what pages you were looking at. If you want to hide your IP address from Google, use duckduckgo.
DuckDuckGo Search Engine
This search engine does not store IP addresses, does not log user information and uses cookies only when required. The search results are pulled from other popular search engines. https://duckduckgo.com/
DuckDuckGo Chrome Extension
Even if you search through DuckDuckGo there are lots of Google trackers throughout the web. To avoid these trackers, you can run the duckduckgo extension that will block the Google trackers. It's called DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials.
***Some schools/employers will block access to the duckduckgo website from their network.
VPN
Virtual Private Networks are the best way to surf the web anonymously. I don't have experience using VPNs. For more information on VPN's for Chromebooks, see this article: https://www.androidcentral.com/how-setup-vpn-chromebook
DuckDuckGo Search Engine
This search engine does not store IP addresses, does not log user information and uses cookies only when required. The search results are pulled from other popular search engines. https://duckduckgo.com/
DuckDuckGo Chrome Extension
Even if you search through DuckDuckGo there are lots of Google trackers throughout the web. To avoid these trackers, you can run the duckduckgo extension that will block the Google trackers. It's called DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials.
***Some schools/employers will block access to the duckduckgo website from their network.
VPN
Virtual Private Networks are the best way to surf the web anonymously. I don't have experience using VPNs. For more information on VPN's for Chromebooks, see this article: https://www.androidcentral.com/how-setup-vpn-chromebook
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