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Then don't send the correct source IP address, with simple statistics gathering like this I hardly expect they require a response. It would mean there would be
by codefined 9y ago
Then don't send the correct source IP address, with simple statistics gathering like this I hardly expect they require a response. It would mean there would be no personal data whatsoever.
- kuschku 9y agoHow would you do that, though? The browser has to open a socket to something to do this, after all. And that already is a violation.
- Ajedi32 9y agoYou'd just send a UDP packet with a spoofed source address and forget about it. There's no need to open any sort of 2-way connection for data that's only being transmitted in one direction (from browser to metrics server).
- moosingin3space 9y agoYou could transmit the telemetry through Tor.
- sp332 9y agoTor is blocked in some places and viewed as very suspicious in others. If you're already in a place where you're trying not to draw attention to yourself, using Tor might not a good option.
- Ajedi32 9y agoWouldn't spoofing IP addresses risk the data packets being filtered out by ISPs or other upstream network providers? IMO if keeping IP addresses hidden is a concern, it'd be better to use something like TOR.
- throwaway2048 9y agoThis isnt how tcp/ip works
- wongarsu 9y agoWith udp/ip it would work, if none of the routers on the way to the destination filters spoofed IPs.
- pfg 9y agoMost ISPs filter spoofed IP addresses nowadays[1]. Even if your ISP doesn't prevent it, NAT might. You wouldn't get a whole lot of responses this way, and there'd be a strong bias because of regional differences w.r.t. filtering. [1]: https://spoofer.caida.org/summary.php https://spoofer.caida.org/summary.php