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by ghostwords 12y ago
I ended up blacklisting the built-in card on my ThinkPad X220 because it was too flaky to rely on: $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-local.conf blacklist rtl8192ce I use a USB adapter instead (SMCWUSB-N2), which, besid
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by ghostwords 12y ago
General-purpose Chrome extension enumeration[1] should have been fixed some time ago, maybe here: http://crbug.com/45876 There are still issues with fingerprinting based on specific attributes of a particular extension (for
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by ghostwords 12y ago
Hi, Chameleon dev here. "Browser fingerprinting protection for everybody" is Chameleon's mission statement, not a description of present state (which is dev-only, not even beta software). Sorry for the confusion.
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The 'Fingerprinting' Tracking Tool That's Virtually Impossible to Block(mashable.com)
2 points by ghostwords 12y ago|0 comments
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Love People, Not Pleasure(nytimes.com)
345 points by ghostwords 12y ago|113 comments
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by ghostwords 12y ago
Something to think about on the subject of terrorism, by David Foster Wallace: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/11/just-ask...
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by ghostwords 12y ago
I believe you are looking for https://github.com/substack/node-browserify#external-require... and/or https://github.com/substack/node-browserify#multiple-bundles
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by ghostwords 12y ago
Here is a browserify/watchify-based script I use for building a browser extension's JS bundles: https://github.com/ghostwords/chameleon/blob/master/tools/bu... The script - Creates multipl
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by ghostwords 13y ago
(OP here.) Disclosure: I work on Ghostery. This is a study of privacy extensions conducted by a privacy extension, which extension happens to come out ahead in the study (at this point in time). Hmm ... So this is why the project is open on
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Show HN: An open source comparison of privacy extensions(areweprivateyet.com)
8 points by ghostwords 13y ago|1 comments
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by ghostwords 13y ago
Oh wow, step away from the Internet for an evening and this happens. Yes, I am a Ghostery developer. Here is what Ghostery has to say about this non-story: http://purplebox.ghostery.com/?p=1016023438 Regarding Disconnect&#x
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A Like Button Can Be A Very Dangerous Thing(blog.priceonomics.com)
19 points by ghostwords 14y ago|15 comments
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Third-Party Web Tracking: Policy and Technology(webpolicy.org)
1 points by ghostwords 15y ago|0 comments
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by ghostwords 15y ago
To save with [Esc],w add the following to your ~/.vimrc " remap <Leader> to , let mapleader = "," " save with ,w nmap <Leader>w :w<CR>
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by ghostwords 15y ago
The next major version of Ghostery will come with an expanded "bug"/page element browser that will break down Ghostery's database by category. The goal is to offer the most granular and usable selective blocker, and this will be a big step
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by ghostwords 15y ago
Hi, I am a developer of Ghostery. Ghostery does not track its users; Ghostery tracks third-party page elements. The GhostRank panel is strictly opt-in. For an example of what GhostRank makes possible, see http://www.knowyourelements.com/
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by ghostwords 15y ago
> ... password managers like LastPass ..., but let's think about this for a moment. I have the choice of either making my passwords so memorable and reused that i'm at a grave security risk, or of making them so secure that i need a com
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Dynamic "periodic" table of third-party page elements(knowyourelements.com)
3 points by ghostwords 15y ago|0 comments
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Why Johnny Can't Opt Out: Usability study of opt-out pages and privacy tools(cylab.cmu.edu)
4 points by ghostwords 15y ago|0 comments
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by ghostwords 15y ago
For a somewhat-related blast from the past, see Crockford's ADsafe: http://www.adsafe.org/
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by ghostwords 15y ago
Unless you were naive enough to buy the X220 with the "Thinkpad b/g/n"[1] wireless option. Then, grief, anger, acceptance/resignation (in the form of a USB wireless stick[2]). There is a host of other issues, but nothing that can't be worke
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by ghostwords 15y ago
You are not a user, you are a developer. Consider that having to pay/become certified to develop reinforces the above point.
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by ghostwords 15y ago
"Mr. Jobs leaves behind a dominant Apple, fulfilling his original promise to save the company from the brink when he returned in 1997. Because of its enormous strength in both music sales and mobile devices, Apple has more power than at any
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by ghostwords 15y ago
"Betteridge's Law of Headlines is an adage that states, "Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word 'no'". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridges_Law_of_Headlines
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by ghostwords 15y ago
How do you keep your host definitions current? The various AdBlocks and Ghostery all operate on the subscription model.
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by ghostwords 15y ago
ck2, I work on Ghostery. Ghostery does not auto-whitelist. If you'd like to see for yourself, feel free to look around. Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Opera browser extensions are mostly written in JavaScript. If you are having issues with Ghostery,
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by ghostwords 15y ago
Ironic that the author's homepage ( http://steveklabnik.com/ ) is a confusing pretend console that takes several seconds (on every visit!) to reveal useful information.