TrackMeNot

Protect against data profiling by search engines

What is TrackMeNot?

TrackMeNot is a lightweight browser extension that protects web searchers from surveillance and data-profiling by search engines. It uses noise and obfuscation to hide actual web searches in a cloud of false leads.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2022-05-19

By: TMN Team

Users: 20,000+

Rating: 4.15 (100)

Version: 0.10.43 (Last updated: 2019-03-17)

Creation date: 2019-03-17

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
https://*/*
http://*/*
webNavigation
storage

Size: 121.86K

URLs: Website

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Listed as one of the best Chrome security extension by "MakeUseOf": http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/best-chrome-extensions

TrackMeNot is a lightweight browser extension that helps protect web searchers from surveillance and data-profiling by search engines. It does so not by means of concealment or encryption (i.e. covering one's tracks), but instead, paradoxically, by the opposite strategy: noise and obfuscation. With TrackMeNot, actual web searches, lost in a cloud of false leads, are essentially hidden in plain view. User-installed TrackMeNot works with the Chrome Browser and popular search engines (AOL, Yahoo!, Google, and Bing) and requires no 3rd-party servers or services.

User reviews

My Google surveys ask me once a day what I'm searching for and it's nothing on their list. It's working better than I could have asked for! Thanks!!!!!