PC_Advisor_Issue_264_July_2017

How to: Keep a private store of bookmarks in Chrome
To start using Hush, download and install it from the Chrome
Web Store (tinyurl.com/kq2fwwg). Once it’s installed, if you
click on Hush’s lock icon to the right of the address bar, you’ll
see a note that it only works in incognito mode. For that
to happen, however, you have to enable the extension manually.
Type chrome://extensions into the address bar and hit Enter.
Scroll down to Hush’s section and check the box labelled
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Allow in incognito. Chrome will then display a warning
explaining that the browser can’t prevent an extension from
tracking you in incognito mode. For its part, Hush says it
never tracks, shares, or stores any of your data aside from the
bookmarks you create using the service.
Once you’ve enabled Hush, click on the icon again and select
Open incognito window. An incognito window will then open
asking you to enter a password for Hush. Choose whatever
password you like, click Load bookmarks, and you’re all set.
To bookmark a site, click on the Hush icon in incognito
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mode, enter your password, and click Bookmark. To view
your saved Hush bookmarks enter your password and click View
instead of Bookmark.
If there’s one thing we don’t like about the service, it’s that
when you are entering your password to add a bookmark it
doesn’t obfuscate your password. Instead, it’s visible in plain
text. That’s not great since it means anyone who wanders past
your screen at an opportune moment will see your password.
Hopefully, that will be fixed in the future. In the meantime, check
your six when entering your password.
The service is free to use, but there is a paid option called
Hush Pro if you want additional features such as the ability to
import regular bookmarks from your browser or sync your Hush
bookmarks between devices. Priced $9 (around £7.20) per year,
it’s available from hushbookmarks.com. J
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