GoogleSharing

While it is argued that Google keeps track of your web navigation habits all in the name of providing you with a more relevant and personalized search results, the approach raises numerous concerns about your privacy.

GoogleSharing is an extension for Firefox that enables you to get off the grid of Google tracking and hence, prevent the collection of information about you.

The add-on is unobtrusive and integrates seamlessly into Firefox's interface so it does not hinder your browsing experience. In fact, the extension is located in the right upper corner of the browser, so that you can quickly turn it on and off whenever necessary.

The idea behind the utility is to prevent the tracking of your browsing habits via an advanced system of proxies that generate multiple identities. The incoming requests from Google are transferred transparently to different proxies every time so that your real identity cannot be traced. The add-on also sends false, but plausible search requests via the profiles generated.

It is important to note that the redirection is valid for all Google services, except for Google Mail. Moreover, you can specify the services that you want the utility to be active for, be it maps, news, video, products, images, code, groups or finances. Then again, you will be happy to learn that requests coming from your browser get directly to their destinations.

At the same time, the utility allows you to add any proxy server of your choice, an operation that you can complete by specifying the host, HTTP port, SSL port and whether or not you would like to use SSL. Moreover, you can define whether these changes should be applied to particular languages or all available via Google.

In the eventuality that you are concerned about Google tracking you via your browsing habits, then perhaps installing GoogleSharing in Firefox can come in handy.