I recently discovered TrackMeNot[0], an addon that fights tracking by polluting metadata. It doesn't make you anonymous, but creates "noise" to hide behind.
We know that the NSA tracks us through it's XKeyScore program. Various sites showcase an interesting, but possibly vacuous list of tracked keywords[0].
My addon makes random Google searches using these tracked keywords -- this puts you on the NSA's list.
Realistically, the addon is pretty weak. It doesn't make "normal" searches, so it's trivial to filter out the "noise".
If people find this interesting, I'll consider making the searches more realistic, and harder to identify. Maybe I'll mix normal & incriminating searches with a random walk through a markov chain.
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[ 5.4 ms ] story [ 15.3 ms ] threadI recently discovered TrackMeNot[0], an addon that fights tracking by polluting metadata. It doesn't make you anonymous, but creates "noise" to hide behind.
We know that the NSA tracks us through it's XKeyScore program. Various sites showcase an interesting, but possibly vacuous list of tracked keywords[0].
My addon makes random Google searches using these tracked keywords -- this puts you on the NSA's list.
Realistically, the addon is pretty weak. It doesn't make "normal" searches, so it's trivial to filter out the "noise".
If people find this interesting, I'll consider making the searches more realistic, and harder to identify. Maybe I'll mix normal & incriminating searches with a random walk through a markov chain.
Thanks for your interest.
[0]http://attrition.org/misc/keywords.html