Protecting Your Online Privacy and Hiding Internet Usage from Your Employer

Taking measures

Before you start looking over your shoulder or moving your desk to the far-end corner of the office, keep in mind that there are a couple of alternative methods you can use. If you’re an avid Best Reviews reader you know how our first suggestion would be to get a VPN. If you’re not (first of all: what’s wrong with you?!) then you should learn about VPNs and how they can help you in various manners. As a very brief insight: they encrypt your information and let you access blocked and foreign websites. By connecting to a VPN server, you take on that server’s IP location rather than that of your employer. This way you become anonymous to both your employer and the website you’re visiting, while protecting any personal data you’re sharing with that site thanks to the rock-solid encryption. The neat thing is that you can easily do this using your phone too, since VPN providers‘ apps allow you to use the same heavily encrypted VPN connections while connected to your employer’s internet connection.

You should also consider disabling your browser’s ability to save the history or customize it to delete everything as soon as you close it. In addition, you can always connect to the guest Wi-Fi network of the building – in case it’s available – rather than using the one provided for employees. Moreover, if you work in a company that actually uses a VPN, try disconnecting and activating it on your mobile device for instance.

Last but not least, the best advice we can give is to stay self-conscious and be aware that your employer may be snooping on you, especially if you’re using the company’s internet. Thus you should always be on guard when taking a little “break”.

Now, aren’t you supposed to be working?