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I was looking into creating a bot that would randomly click and browse around on the web whilst logged in to Google to add some entropy to my "persona". Alas,
by obituary_latte 15y ago
I was looking into creating a bot that would randomly click and browse around on the web whilst logged in to Google to add some entropy to my "persona".
Alas, programming is hard.
I don't know what it is--perhaps my get off my lawn mentality--but I am terrified of not owning my anonymity. Though obviously not scared enough to stop using these services...
- azelfrath 15y agoThat could end up going south quickly. Scenario: randomly browse to 4chan randomly click on link randomly have FBI raid your house a few weeks later I like the concept, but it's not something I would run personally unless there were a lot of checks in place.
- obituary_latte 15y agoGreat point. Yes, would certainly be needing of some checks. Perhaps a dictionary of acceptable link-words that would be OK to "click". Maybe also a blacklist of "never-click" words and/or domains/netblocks. Or even perhaps a whitelist of a few domains that are OK. Chances are slim that Time.com or USAtoday or CNN links would lead to trouble and the collection of "safe" links would grow exponentially with only a handful of "safe" domains.