Welcome. Your browser tells me that you are in and your unique internet protocol (IP) address is which is enough data for governments and corporations to track your every move online. You should hide this information by using a VPN.
Australia’s morning Sunrise television program invited an online security expert to explain what metadata is (compared to data) in a way that you can understand.
https://youtu.be/hdXzCmHGLes
While Bruce is pessimistic about your ability to hide your metadata, you can make it harder for government to match metadata to you personally. For example, Bruce mentions that when you use Yahoo search (or Google search) it is unavoidable that metadata is created and stored about your search terms. However, if you use a virtual private network (VPN) then the government will have no idea that it was you that made that internet search and the government will only be able to identify that your VPN provider made that search.
Learn how to choose a VPN provider on my other posts by clicking here.
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