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This always seems like such a good idea to me. Like walking around a busy city bustling with people all around. But then I realize I would never use it. The id
by ansy 15y ago
This always seems like such a good idea to me. Like walking around a busy city bustling with people all around.
But then I realize I would never use it. The idea of broadcasting my browsing habits page by page to a third party is creepy beyond belief.
- bkanber 15y agoThat's exactly why SiteChat is anonymous and doesn't save _anything_ on the server! :)
- ansy 15y agoWhile I give the author the benefit of the doubt he or she has every intent to respect privacy, if I really care about my own privacy I should do what I can to protect it myself before I place my trust in a third party. It's like revealing my own secret to someone and telling them not to tell anyone else. I have the most to lose if my secret is revealed. If that isn't enough for me to keep it to myself what is preventing anyone else from revealing it? Because I don't care to let people follow my browsing behavior site by site, I had better not broadcast it to begin with. EDIT: I should add, I do have some initial doubts about the anonymity guarantees in this extension. Is all traffic encrypted? Can I be sure nothing is getting unintentionally logged by say a forgotten debug statement or server request logs? I've seen credit card numbers turn up in Apache access logs. Is my IP actually obscured from others or is it merely my name? Even Tor is hesitant to guarantee anonymity.