Disconnect software review

Ars is in the process of evaluating Disconnect and several other VPN platforms, and we'll publish a full review soon. You must login or create an account to comment. Skip to main content Disconnect. A former Navy officer, systems administrator, and network systems integrator with 20 years of IT journalism experience, he lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland.

But do a quick Google search and find out some sites that are known for tracking activities and try visiting one of them after installing the app. What you'll find is that the site will say server not found. This is because Disconnect is protecting you from accessing a potentially dangerous tracking site. That's it-that's all there is to it. Disconnect is an excellent little app that will help protect your mobile privacy.

It is designed to stop websites from tracking your online activities. If you wish to surf in privacy knowing that your information is protected, including things like credit card information, and user profile information, then you may want to give Disconnect a try. Cherry is a hard-working writer and an aspiring web designer who can't go a day without using her favorite apps. She's always on the lookout for new apps and enjoys discovering ones that others have overlooked.

Sign in. Sign in with Facebook. Sign in with Twitter. Sign up as developer. Sign up as reader. Download from AppStore We'll notify you of price drops, news, and updates for this app. Subscribe to our newsletter:. Follow us on Flipboard. Note: This review is part of our best VPNs roundup. Go there for details about competing products and how we tested them. The Disconnect application is a relatively simple affair.

It also has a web search box right underneath the three category options. The box lets you do web searches within the application, and then the results open in a new browser tab.

Disconnect uses DuckDuckGo for its searches, a company that already promises not to track you. If you could specify searches from Bing or Google, in addition to DuckDuckGo, that would make more sense since those search engines absolutely do track you—signed in or not. Yet, since Disconnect has built-in tracker-blocking anyway, you could just visit the website and block it at the source.