What the Web Knows About You Tutorial Home >Internet >Security >Computer Security >Protecting Your Privacy >What the Web Knows About You   Step 1:  Introduction Your browser can tell a web site a lot of information about you. It can tell your name, type of computer you have what type of sites you like to visit, and more. But there are ways to protect yourself from this type of intrusion.   Step 2:  What Your Browser Knows of You Go to a web site located at www.anonymizer.com. Once the page is up, click on the you link under the title "Who are you" and you'll see what information a site can find out about you.   Step 3:  Browser Options By making certain adjustments in your browser, you can help prevent some of this private information from being revealed to the web sites you visit. You can clean out the history list, remove your name and e-mail address, clean the cache, and more. See the series titled "Tapping Into Internet Safety Procedures" for information on how to perform these procedures.   Step 4:  Surf Anonymously To be totally sure that no one knows where you've been, you can surf the Web anonymously. There are sites available on the Internet that'll allow you the ability to do this. Once at the site, enter in the address of where you want to go and you'll go there.