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You may also start seeing advertisements (can we recommend an adblocking solution while we're at it?) across the web for 'privacy' and 'secure' software.

You may start getting search 'suggestions' that relate to privacy extensions. What I mean by that 2nd point in the above sentence, is that you might start seeing more extensions related to 'privacy' once you download a privacy related extension. This means that if you download a privacy related extension straight from the web store, 1) this gets directly linked your google account, which is subject to Google's privacy policy and 2) feeds some information straight to Google. This information can be relatively harmless, but we know how hard Big Tech mines any bit of information available.įor example, with the Chrome Web Store, you can only download extensions if you have and are signed into a Google account.

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Naturally, when you install apps and extensions from any kind of web store directly, you're trading some of your information. Installing extensions by hand or simply bypassing the Chrome Web Store, can improve your privacy. This is probably the biggest reason for most users choosing to install extensions manually. Why would you ever choose to install an extension by hand?Įxact individual reasons vary, but in general you can boil it down to a couple of points:

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