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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

#41
post #13

Will 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.

Maybe install it in a different profile ?

IIRC, my IP address got blocked for some time.

Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data

#42
post #20

I'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…

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14003270 :)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13643873 :)

Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data

#43
post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe install it in a different profile ?

IIRC, my IP address got blocked for some time.

Yes, Google can still monitor IP behavior, but you don't leak cookies for instance.

Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data

#44

Turns out it's only for Chrome, and the front page doesn't even mention this. Could we at least change the HN title from "A browser plugin..." to "A Chrome plugin..."?

Also, why do they FORCE you to turn over your email in order to get info on the plug in - - or to receive the plug in ? Why not post the plug in and allow mass distribution ?

I suspect these folks are just going to use my email for more of the same as the marketers . . .

I guess I could register a "burner" email that is useless except for Noiszy . . . .

Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data

#48
post #26

Distributed spidering for a community-fed search engine index would provide comparable end-user benefits while being considerably more socially useful.

That is an awesome idea - a browser that is also a node in a search engine; it would be possible to build an experimental search engine then without a £40 million + investment to even get started.

This exists: http://yacy.net/en/index.html

Re: Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data

#50

It'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.

Just curious, how did you determine this plugin has Google Analytics ? I'm wondering why they just don't post the plugin for everybody - - rather than insisting you pony up your email in order to receive the plug in ? Usually marketers want your email.
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