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I 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 priva
by codydh 10y ago
I 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?
- aleeds 10y agoDifferent levels of trust. Some might feel that Google has established a baseline level of trust, while companies like ATT and Verizon have not.
- siegecraft 10y agoPut it where it will have the most impact / get adopted, then that can cultivate a desire to have it for other browsers, and someone may get motivated to write those versions.
- gingerbread-man 10y agoGoogle has actually blocked similar "noise generation" apps from the Chrome Store in the past. As I recall, there were a few extensions out there that would 'click' on every ad displayed. Obviously that would have created serious problems for Google, so they nixed it.
- wincy 10y agoAd Nauseam does this. It was removed from the chrome web store and I had to install it as a developer plugin, so it nags me to disable it as it could "damage my computer" every time I restart Chrome. It estimates since I installed it that I've cost advertisers $460 in clicks. https://adnauseam.io/ https://adnauseam.io/
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- literallycancer 10y agohttps://adnauseam.io/ https://adnauseam.io/ I wasn't convinced it was very useful and thought it would only take some easy heuristics to filter out when I first saw it, but if Google removed it from the store, it must have been a pain to deal with. Maybe I'll even end up using it.
- voidmain0001 10y agoAs an Ad-nauseaum user my beef with it is that certain web pages will peg the CPU at close to 90%. Otherwise it seems to be good at juggling system resources.
- always_good 10y agoThis website reminds me of the KenM post where he suggests that he's getting back at Papa Johns by not tipping the pizza delivery driver. Generating click fraud on your favorite web comic's website or other small websites you may be visiting is pretty sad. Adsense bans for life.
- mynewtb 10y agoSelling your users' privacy is also pretty sad.
- literallycancer 10y agoI don't read webcomics, and somehow I don't think people like gwern who write long-form content do it for the ad revenue. And even if there are ads on the website, if they respect the DNT header, AdNauseam won't auto-click them. (I'm not sure what the tipping anecdote is supposed to mean, but I don't understand why US customers put up with tipping either, the business is responsible for it's operating budget, and there is no legitimate reason to bother the customer with it.)
- thrill 10y agoHow do you determine if a server is respecting a DNT header?
- sneak 10y agoIf you have specific privacy complaints about Chrome, spill it. Content-free finger pointing like this isn't constructive.
- literallycancer 10y agoHere's one: why isn't there a feature to export settings without using a Google account?
- Sylos 10y agoChrome is closed-source, so being specific isn't going to be possible. There are several specific privacy complaints about Chromium, though: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium/ https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium/
- untog 10y agoPresumably because Chrome has a dominant market share. Meet people where they are.
- supergreg 10y agoWhy would you need it in a browser that you trust to respect your privacy?
- onychomys 10y agoBecause it's designed to frustrate your ISP. The problem with running it in Chrome is that google is probably already grabbing everything you do in the browser, so who cares if Comcast is too?
- noiszytech 10y agoHi, Noiszy creator here. You're totally right - Firefox is next!