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Our tools allow you to opt out of interest-based advertising from companies registered with our not-for-profit organization. Companies engaging in any type of interest-based advertising practices online should be respecting your data privacy rights in Canada by providing you with notice about the collection of data for advertising purposes and the use of interest-based advertising when it's happening. Companies must also give you the ability to opt-out. The opt-out process does not opt you out of receiving all ads, only interest-based ads. You will continue to get ads after you opt out; they will just not have any special relevance to your interests.

The GRE essay graders is a useful tool for grading your AWA essays.

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Use Nitter to browse Twitter while retaining your privacy. It's a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy. It's basically impossible to use Twitter without JavaScript enabled. If you try, you're redirected to the legacy mobile version which is awful both functionally and aesthetically. For privacy-minded folks, preventing JavaScript analytics and potential IP-based tracking is important, but apart from using the legacy mobile version and a VPN, it's impossible. Using an instance of Nitter (hosted on a VPS for example), you can browse Twitter without JavaScript while retaining your privacy. In addition to respecting your privacy, Nitter is on average around 15 times lighter than Twitter, and in some cases serves pages faster.

"Semantic Scholar is a free, nonprofit, academic search engine from AI2."

"The Threat Intelligence Platform by AV-TEST The threat situation around dangerous URLs, spam mails and software downloads is always in view thanks to up-to-date data in real time. With AV-ATLAS, the AV-TEST Institute presents you the Threat Intelligence Platform, which offers comprehensive Cyber Security Services for the defense against cyber threats."

Welcome to Stellarium Web, an online planetarium running in your web browser based on the open source Stellarium Web Engine project.

"Help build the user owned internet by testing the latest builds for Stacks nodes, Stacks mining, Clarity smart contracts, and more."

"Experience The Fastest VPN Service Ever! Whether it's high-speed streaming, browsing, security, file sharing, or privacy; you get everything with PureVPN!"

"A modern bookmarks and tabs manager Organize your favorite websites by columns and boards. Every time you open a new tab, your board will load within a second. Try it for free.

Firefox Monitor warns you if your email address has been exposed in an online data breach. See if your information has been exposed, learn how to better protect your online accounts, and get alerted if your email address appears in a new breach.

"Perform an Internet Speed Test - FREE Does your internet seem slow? Are you having trouble accessing simple websites, not to mention streaming movies or games?"

"Stay secure online - no matter what Cybersecurity may seem very complex, but NordVPN makes it as easy as it gets. Cutting-edge technologies shield your internet activity from hackers and malware, protect you on public Wi-Fi networks, and even block annoying ads. Next-generation encryption CyberSec Double VPN"

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"WireGuard® is an extremely simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. It aims to be faster, simpler, leaner, and more useful than IPsec, while avoiding the massive headache. It intends to be considerably more performant than OpenVPN. WireGuard is designed as a general purpose VPN for running on embedded interfaces and super computers alike, fit for many different circumstances. Initially released for the Linux kernel, it is now cross-platform (Windows, macOS, BSD, iOS, Android) and widely deployable. It is currently under heavy development, but already it might be regarded as the most secure, easiest to use, and simplest VPN solution in the industry."