SearchLock

Privacy is not considered a right anymore, as many popular apps keep your browsing information and use it to create a user profile for different purposes, but mainly for spamming ads related to what you recently browsed. If you are tired of this and want to boost your privacy, you can try the SearchLock extension.

Being a Chrome extension, you need to open it to Google Chrome only; other browsers are not supported. Simply add it to Chrome, and it takes instant effect. Also, after it's added, you can notice a golden padlock in the extension tab.

The extension starts doing its job right away; the golden padlock marks all protected searches. The icon replaces the Chrome standard display and lets you know that your navigation is secured.

Most search engines track your searches in such a way that a profile is created and sold to advertising companies to push items that you may have searched or bought. SearchLock blocks the connection between you and companies who intend to track you this way. It detects when your search queries are headed towards a search engine that will follow you, then intercepts and redirects your query to SearchLock's privacy-enhanced search results page before you are tracked.

Most engines use tracking cookies while you browse in order to follow you around and profile you based on your search behavior. SearchLock does not.

To sum it up, SearchLock is a smart tool that helps you simplify your browsing activity by blocking advertisers from following your activity and spaming you with ads, and it also boosts your privacy. You can simply add it to Chrome and instantly use it. It does not have options or settings so it can be used by anybody no matter the technical skills