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TrackMeNot Firefox add-on protects search privacy by generating noise
- eli 18y agoPretty silly if you ask me.
- Create 18y agoI 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.
- meqif 18y agoI 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.html http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/trackmenot_1.h...
- quoderat 18y agoReminds me of the part in Crpytonomicon in prison, when Waterhouse is hacking something up but using similar noise techniques to conceal it.
- wizard_2 18y agoits 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.
- barbie17 18y agoSince it appeared before "Little Brother", maybe Doctorow was inspired by this extension instead of the other way around ;).
- trapper 18y agoI have always wondered about applying this to browsing & downloading. Would you be liable if you computer decided to download and share something illegal?
- ScottWhigham 18y agoWait - 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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- vaksel 18y agothat'll work well until there is some bug and the thing accidentally searches for kiddie porn.