TrackMeNot Firefox add-on protects search privacy by generating noise
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Re: TrackMeNot Firefox add-on protects search privacy by generating noise
#2Pretty silly if you ask me.
Re: TrackMeNot Firefox add-on protects search privacy by generating noise
#3Reminds me of the part in Crpytonomicon in prison, when Waterhouse is hacking something up but using similar noise techniques to conceal it.
Re: TrackMeNot Firefox add-on protects search privacy by generating noise
#4its lifted right from Cory Doctorow's Little Brother. Which is a great read and a wonderful tool to teach the importance of the right to privacy and encryption.
Re: TrackMeNot Firefox add-on protects search privacy by generating noise
#5I have always wondered about applying this to browsing & downloading. Would you be liable if you computer decided to download and share something illegal?
Re: TrackMeNot Firefox add-on protects search privacy by generating noise
#6Pretty silly if you ask me.
I don't know why he got downmodded: noise filtering can be quite artful and effective, and this "noise generator" is certainly quite weak in terms of providing anonymity in a cryptographic sense/strength. Actually, the situation just gets worse, because it creates a false sense of security.
Re: TrackMeNot Firefox add-on protects search privacy by generating noise
#7Wait - couldn't Google, et al sue them for distributing a system that potentially prevents Google's servers from serving other customers? I mean, if this became popular and enough people began using it, it's nothing more than a slow-trickle DDOS and Google would have to spend 6 or 7 figures upgrading to new servers/hardware to manage it.
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Re: TrackMeNot Firefox add-on protects search privacy by generating noise
#9Pretty silly if you ask me.
I don't know why he got downmodded: noise filtering can be quite artful and effective, and this "noise generator" is certainly quite weak in terms of providing anonymity in a cryptographic sense/strength. Actually, the situation just gets worse, because it creates a false sense of security.
I agree; I remain unconvinced by TrackMeNot, I think it's the wrong approach.
Although the FAQ in the site says Bruce Schneier's criticism was unfounded, I'm not so sure about that. Here's Schneier's post: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/trackmenot_1.h...
Re: TrackMeNot Firefox add-on protects search privacy by generating noise
#10its lifted right from Cory Doctorow's Little Brother. Which is a great read and a wonderful tool to teach the importance of the right to privacy and encryption.
Since it appeared before "Little Brother", maybe Doctorow was inspired by this extension instead of the other way around ;).