All of us have heard about this and this is one of the reasons why Chrome is not popularly used by many - it does not guarantee anonymity. It is known that Chrome collects lot of information from the user system and stores it. But now with the use of a software called UnChrome, this can be avoided. Apparently, Google Chrome identifies its users by their IDs. This is a unique ID generated with every installation of Google Chrome. UnChrome 'Nulls' this value, effectively removing this link. It has to be used only once. Steps are as below:
1. First, click here to download UnChrome (make sure Google Chrome is closed first).
2. Next, click Run (Internet Explorer) or click Save File and run the application by double clicking on it (Firefox).
3. This screen will then pop up:
4. Click Remove Unique ID Now and then click OK to confirm you’ve already closed out the Chrome browser.
5. Success! The screen will then change to look like this:
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