Even if you take all of the above steps, it won’t guarantee anonymity or track-free browsing. For starters, your Internet service provider has information on you regardless of what Google has and does with it. With a subpoena, it can link your name to nameless IDs in Google’s logs.
The products and techniques I’ve outlined here can help, but the only way to completely protect your privacy is to disconnect.
One of the Associated Press’ five tips for reclaiming your privacy when it comes to Google is to just get off the Internet altogether. [AP]
