DON'T FORGET TO DELETE YOUR INTERNET HISTORY!

 History or in other words, digital traces are data that stores everything you search on the internet which also includes all your activities on the internet. Examples are website data that you have browsed, search activities on social media, emails or messages you have sent, to the information that you share when registering for any online site or service.

Deleting history is one way that can be taken to eliminate evidence. In the digital era like now, the internet is an activity that we always use. Almost all information about you is stored as History on your internet.

"It is dangerous if internet history is seen by people with malicious intent, because it can be misused. Especially if the history is personal such as photos, videos, comments and other personal data that may potentially affect our good reputation." Said Maulana Ahmad, Unissula Informatics Engineering Student, Semarang.

As stated in the Qur'an Surah Al-Maidah verse 105:
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یٰۤـاَی ُّھَا ال َّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا عَلَیْكُمْ اَنْفُسَكُمْ ۚ لاَ یَضُر ُّكُمْ م َّنْ ضَل َّ اِذَا اھْتَدَیْتُمْ ۗ اِلَى اللهِّٰ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِیْعًا فَیُـنَـب ِّـئُكُمْ بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُوْنَ
 

Meaning: Wahai orang orang yang beriman! Take care (because) those who go astray will not harm you if you are guided. Only to Allah will you all return, then He will explain to you what you have done.

Therefore, protecting your personal data by minimizing digital traces or history is the best effort to live comfortably in this era of dependence on the internet as it is now.

Easy way to delete internet history

• Delete all cookies

Delete all cookies so that no more websites can be tracked. You can do that in any web browser you use, such as Chrome, Firefox, and others.

• Clear search history

Many mobile apps store their users' data both locally and in the cloud, so they can sync your information to other devices. That's a sign, to delete search logs from your phone, have to delete records on various platforms.

• Restrict tracking using apps

Every app on the phone has a slightly different approach to logging its user activity and some of them allow the user to be comfortable using Incognito. Other apps will stop tracking the user when the user requests it.

If you have successfully deleted the bad digital traces, then you can replace them with good and healthy digital traces. Therefore, use the internet wisely and positively.