How to train your Browser Controller

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1 How to train your Browser Controller Table of Contents ABOUT 3 TOP BAR SETTINGS 3 CHILD LOCK 3 SPYDERWEB 3 PERSONAL PRIVACY EXPOSURE 4 KEY & STATS 4 GRAPH VIEW 4 AUTO-REFRESH 5 DOMAIN GEO-LOCATION INFO 5 ADVANCED SETTINGS 5 UPDATE TRACKER DEFINITION & PROXY/VPN SETTINGS 5 BROWSING HISTORY 5 COOKIE MANAGEMENT 5 SPYDERWEB GRAPH 5 MAKE ME INVISIBLE 6 ENCRYPTED PROXY LOCATION 6 BYPASS WEBSITE LIST 6 WEBSITE & WORD FILTERS (PARENTAL CONTROL) 7 ALLOW TRUSTED SITES ONLY 7 BLOCKED SITES 7 TRUSTED SITES 7 BLOCK / TRUST SITES 7 ENABLE WORD FILTER 7 MASK WORD BUT ALLOW WEBSITE / BLOCK WEBSITE 7 MASKED WORD LIST 7 ADD TO MY MASKED WORD LIST 7 RECOMMENDED SETTINGS 7 BLOCK TRACKERS & CONTENT 8 EASY FIX 8 BLOCKED STATS 8 DELETE ACTIVE COOKIES 8 RESET STATS 8 MY SETTINGS 8 FLASH COOKIES 8 TRACKER & CONTENT SETTINGS 8 COOKIES 8 6

2 IMAGES 8 POP UPS 8 TRACKERS 9 3 RD PARTY 9 SOCIAL MEDIA TRACKERS 9 SAVING YOUR PREFERENCES 9 RESETTING YOUR SETTINGS 9

3 About The RedMorph Browser Controller gives you extensive control over your browsing activity; URL customized tracking & blocking, annoyance blocking, speed improvement control, forbidden word filtering for children, and a server gateway that makes you invisible (well at least in your computer activity). Top Bar Settings Advanced Settings FAQ or Help page on main Website Sign out from Browser Controller Go to Member Portal CHILD LOCK If enabled, this feature will prevent anyone from changing your browser controller settings. Disabling the child lock requires your RedMorph password. SPYDERWEB The SPYDERWEB is a visual representation of the trackers and 3 rd party cookies that are tracking you. It Illustrates what connections are established and from where. You can see the trackers and 3 rd parties loaded on your device by each website you visit, before and after the Block Trackers & Content switch is turn on/off.

4 BEFORE: This image shows all the cookies, 3 rd party sites and trackers that are loaded on you device by websites you visit. Please notice how some trackers are tracking you across all the websites. AFTER: This image shows the protection provided by the RedMorph Browser Controller. Please notice how the same 5 websites loaded fast and majority of the trackers are blocked. Personal Privacy Exposure Displays the sites you visited and the sites you have actually been connected to. Key & Stats Tells you what all of the symbols in the SpyderWeb mean. Graph View Gives you the option to view the results from all the webpages you have open or to show only the results from the page you are currently visiting.

5 Auto-refresh You can choose to have the SpyderWeb refresh automatically or manually. We suggest you set it to off to save on CPU resources. Domain Geo-location Info Clicking on any of the items displayed in the SpyderWeb will provide you detailed information about that item. From here you can choose to allow, block or report a suspicious 3 rd party site or tracker. ADVANCED SETTINGS Enables you to tweak and improve the efficiency of your browser controller. Update Tracker Definition & Proxy/VPN Settings As new trackers are introduced, we need to update our databases frequently to identify them and block them. The following settings determine how often you want to update your browser controller with the latest definitions. Browsing History Your browser usually saves all of the websites that you have visited in a single session. You can choose whether to delete this history when you close your browser or let your default browser settings deal with it. We recommend you clear your old browsing history from time to time. Cookie Management Cookies need to be managed. As useful as most of them are, they store information about you and they and they do add up. SpyderWeb Graph Choose to view the cookies and trackers even when you turn off the blocker or save valuable computing resources by only displaying the graph when you activate the tracker switch.

6 Make Me Invisible We can t really make you invisible, however, we can protect your identity online and disguise your location using our powerful Encrypted Proxy servers. This is a convenient way to encrypt your browser data traffic at Wi-Fi hotspots or from your internet or mobile service provider. This feature will also hide your location and device information from the websites you visit. Encrypted Proxy Location Once activated, you need to select your desired location. Please choose a location closest to you for better page load speeds. Bypass Website List Use this feature to conserve your Encrypted Proxy data usage. Turning yourself invisible to sites such as NetFlix is not essential as you can only access their content once you log in to these sites. Please add the websites you would like to Bypass the Encrypted Proxy tunnel. IMPORTANT NOTE for Comprehensive Control Members: You cannot have both the VPN client as well as the Encrypted Proxy ON at the same time as this is redundant. The Browser Controller will not load webpages if both are ON. Please turn OFF your Encrypted Proxy switch as the VPN Clients encrypts and protects both your browser as well as your entire device data traffic.

7 Website & Word Filters (Parental Control) Upon activating this feature, you will have control over which words and websites are filtered out or blocked from being accessed. Allow Trusted Sites Only Selecting this option will only permit your trusted sites to be viewed by your browser. Blocked Sites Click here to see which sites are being blocked. Trusted Sites Click here to view your list of trusted sites. Block / Trust sites Enter the address of a site and then choose to either block or trust that site. Enable Word Filter Filters out your masked word list. Mask word but allow website / Block website Choose what action should be taken if a word in your masked word list appears in a website. Masked Word List Click here to view your list of masked words. You can easily add or remove from this list. Add To My Masked Word List Enter a word above and click this button to add a word to your list. Recommended Settings Here are potential settings that can be used to protect your loved ones. These in conjunction with the Child Lock will hopefully protect your loved ones while they safely browse the web.

8 Block Trackers & Content Easy Fix If for any reason you re having trouble viewing a site, this feature will allow all content, cookies and trackers for the current site. For websites that require login such as social media, s, shopping, banks, etc. please click on Easy Fix (allow all cookies, trackers & 3 rd party sites) to ensure proper user experience. Blocked Stats Check out everything that has been blocked by the browser controller. Click on CURRENT or ALL to view each individual item. Delete Active Cookies Check this box to delete active cookies once you leave a page. This feature deletes active cookies when you go to a new website. Please turn off this feature at websites that require login such as social media, s, shopping, banks, etc. to ensure proper user experience. Click on to delete all your first party active cookies right now. Reset Stats It s a good idea to occasionally reset your stats. You may want to compare results with an active blocker. My Settings This will show you the universal default settings, your custom settings for certain website and the list of websites that you have Easy Fix turned on. You can edit your personal Browser Controller settings here. Flash Cookies This will take you to our webpage about managing Flash Cookies. Tracker & Content Settings COOKIES Decide whether you want to allows cookies for a particular site. You have 3 options available to you. Allow Current Host: Allows only cookies for the current site (Active required cookies). Allow All: Allow all cookies even the ones that are not required such as from trackers, advertisers & 3 rd parties. Block All: Blocking all cookies may affect how the page performs. We suggest you allow cookies for the current host site because most sites rely on their cookies to work properly. IMAGES Images can slow down your page load times and bog down a website. If you have a poor internet connection or don t have an unlimited data plan, this option puts the control in your hands as you decide whether to allow or block images. POP UPS Websites, cookies, and advertisers can trigger pop-ups almost any time. If pop-ups become a nuisance in a particular site, we suggest you block them.

9 TRACKERS Besides cookies, there are other ways of being tracked by companies that want to know your every move online. Many of the new tracking technologies do not require a cookie and are woven into the fabric of the webpage and are hard to detect. We suggest you block them at all cost. 3 RD PARTY 3 rd parties include data networks collecting your browsing data or advertisers or could provide content such as videos, embedded slideshows etc. Not all of these are necessary and some are used to monitor you. You have 3 options here: Allow All: Allow all 3 rd party content, including the ones that may not be in your best interest. Allow Required: Only permits necessary 3 rd party content that is required to load the page. Allow Required & Video: We suggest permitting necessary 3 rd party content and videos only as many websites use 3 rd parties such as YouTube, Vimeo etc. to host their videos. Please note that in majority of the cases these video hosting companies will download their cookies and trackers before the video is loaded. Block All: Blocking everything could affect how the page loads. SOCIAL MEDIA TRACKERS Used by social media to track your online habits outside of the social network. This helps them determine what ads to target you with on their social network. We suggest you block these types of trackers as well. Saving your preferences You have the option to save your custom preferences for the current site or to apply your current settings for all websites. Resetting your settings You can apply your default settings to the current site by clicking on Current Website to My Default or opt to reset your default settings to RedMorph s default by choosing My Default to RM Default. You can see the current default settings in My Settings