Using this will raise some flags (your online behaviour will be different from most).
Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
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#12radar detector detectors ... they are going to eventually happen here. sadly.
Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
#13Will this not be counterproductive, i.e. distribute your personal data to even more websites?
By the way, I once got blocked by Google after installing a plugin that did automatic random searches in the background.
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#14Doesn't seem like the best idea when it comes to environmental sustainability.
What does one have to do with the other?
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#15I 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?
Different levels of trust. Some might feel that Google has established a baseline level of trust, while companies like ATT and Verizon have not.
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#16It's a nice marketing stunt -- not meant to be perjorative, I hope it inspires more innovation in this space. But I find it ironic that a plugin that purports to make it harder to track you has google analytics.
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#17It's a nice marketing stunt -- not meant to be perjorative, I hope it inspires more innovation in this space. But I find it ironic that a plugin that purports to make it harder to track you has google analytics.
Dogfooding, I guess :D.
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#18Not 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.
This is not security through obscurity, this is obfuscation. Like everything in security, it's not all-or-nothing. It adds valuable noise, it won't hide your tracks.
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#19Traffic filters easily remove any plugin attempts to make a noise.
Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
#20I'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 thi…