Tutorial: How to google someone effectively
Feeling nosy as to what someone might be doing somewhere elsewhere on the internet? Wanna see what you're boyfriend has been doing stupidly on the internets?
it's amazing what you can learn about someone when you google them on the internet.
This tutorial's objective is to teach you what you need to do to protect your privacy.
Now first thing you must do is get their username. Then slap it into google. If you know a perticular website that they go to, you can narrow down the search to just that website by typing in site: and then the website
Example: in this example randomwebsite.com would be the domain you would like to search in and fruitloop is the person you're trying to learn about.
site: randomwebsite.com fruitloop
http://www.pipl.com/ is good sometimes for finding information. Though it's mostly handy for checking out yourself, making sure information you dont want isnt geting out there.
Some tips on controlling your privacy on the internetDont use Internet Explorer
Dont use Facebook (even with privacy settings enabled, Facebook shares your information)
Dont use your full real name on the public internet, unless you would like what you're typing to be associated with your real name.
For websites that you visit that you're not proud of, use a different name and keep that name secret
Password protect your Windows account so that people living in your apartment can't read your internet history and also clear your internet history. one and awhile
Block ads with a adblocker such as adblock plus, because those ads have a tendancy of following you around the internet.
Dont give out your picture to anyone, unless you trust that the person you're sending it to wont circulate it around the internet. If possible, give bad people fake pictures
Dont take pictures of where you live, or the insides of where you live and post them on the internet. (if someone is familiar with the area where you live, they can find you)
Dont post pictures of yourself on the internet, it's just a extremely bad idea.
Read all privacy policies of websites, and if there's anything that you dont aggree with never visit that website ever again.
Use an unique password for every account you use on the internet.