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Review : Free ShareX for screenshot and upload.

A screen capture tool is certainly a great help for blogger.But if a screen capturing tool which is an open source and has many really good additional features also then..?Yes its completely free and available on Google code. :)Since we have so many screen capturing tool and even a default one in windows called the snipping tool then what made me to write this post ? all these questions are obvious but after reading this post i am sure you will download and try  this free ShareX for screenshot.

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Why we need to clean Browser Private Data.

We connect to web through browsers.When ever we browse pages few temporary files gets stored in browser cache and login information in cookies.These private data are quiet helpful but at the same time pose a serious threat , below i have listed down few of the unethical consequences one may encounter with these data in there browser.

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  • Cookie hijacking: Suppose u are doing an online transaction or accessed your hosting cpanel and then after visit a low profile site.Then there are chances that your cookie can be used for some unethical purpose.
  • Cache poising: It is mostly related to DNS poisoning but there in this context it is like exploiting your cache and retrieving some valuable information regarding your online presence.
  • Browsing History Monitoring : Some people pile up there web history because it makes  there life easier to visit the website from history and reduce the typing and searching but browsing history is more personal than your personal dairy these days so be careful.. 🙂

So, i would suggest one should set automatically clear the private data on browser exit or do so manually.

How to clean private data of the browser manually.

1.In order to clean the private data of browser manually Press hold Shift+Ctrl+Delete all at a time.

2.A popup appears, select the categories and hit enter then restart the browser to use again.

How to set the browser to clean private data automatically on exit.

Here we will cover the commonly used browsers Mozilla and Google Chrome.

Clear Private data in Mozilla automatically on exit.

1.Open Mozilla,under options browse to “privacy tab” and select the options as shown in the image below.

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2.Restart the browser to use it.

Clean Private data in Google Chrome automatically on exit.

1.As of now there is no built in functionality in Chrome to auto clean the private data on exit but our purpose can be accomplished using a extension called as “Click&Clean“.

2.After installing the extension click on the small icon to the top right corner in order to open its option for “Click&Clean” as shown in the image below.

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3.As shown in the image below check the option “Delete private data when chrome closes”.

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The steps mentioned above can secure your online activities to some extent but we should remember not a single thing is 100% secure 🙂