Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
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Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
#2Here is the author's guest post providing background for this plugin - https://mathbabe.org/2017/03/31/guest-post-make-your-browsin...
Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
#3Not to sound pessimistic, but as more and more people get forced into metered bandwidth, how is using a plugin that generates extra random traffic "sticking it to the 'man'"?
Edit: Yes, I know this is supposed to mask your actual viewing habits. But security through obscurity has never really panned out for anyone in the end.
Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
#4This is exactly what I had in mind when Snowden happened. I never wanted to take this on, because of multiple reasons. Very awesome to see this, installed it immediately.
Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
#5Not to sound pessimistic, but as more and more people get forced into metered bandwidth, how is using a plugin that generates extra random traffic "sticking it to the 'man'"? Edit: Yes, I know this is supposed to mask your actual viewing habits. But security through obscurity has never really panned out for anyone in the end.
Adding variance always messes with statistical models and thus anything related to big data analytics, which internet surveillance is all about.
Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
#6An interesting way to look at this, but wouldn't it be possible to pluck this pattern out from relevant data?
Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
#7Not to sound pessimistic, but as more and more people get forced into metered bandwidth, how is using a plugin that generates extra random traffic "sticking it to the 'man'"? Edit: Yes, I know this is supposed to mask your actual viewing habits. But security through obscurity has never really panned out for anyone in the end.
Individually it doesn't do much. The bigger point is the render the data as useless.
Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
#8I've been thinking about building something similar since the first Snowden leaks. I figured encrypted traffic to various locations would be useful considering that security agencies store everything until they can decrypt it at a later date. Unfortunately I'm not well-versed enough in implementing proper encryption and I'd probably just end up shooting myself in the foot.
Has anyone else ever thought about doing this?
Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
#9I don't mean to be a curmudgeon, but why put out this kind of privacy-minded plugin for Chrome, one of the browsers I'd probably least trust to respect my privacy?
Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
#10Doesn't seem like the best idea when it comes to environmental sustainability.