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TrackMeNot Firefox add-on protects search privacy by generating noise

15 pointsby bouncingsoulover 16 years ago

6 comments

quoderatover 16 years ago
Reminds me of the part in <i>Crpytonomicon</i> in prison, when Waterhouse is hacking something up but using similar noise techniques to conceal it.
trapperover 16 years ago
I have always wondered about applying this to browsing &#38; downloading. Would you be liable if you computer decided to download and share something illegal?
vakselover 16 years ago
that'll work well until there is some bug and the thing accidentally searches for kiddie porn.
ScottWhighamover 16 years ago
Wait - 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.
eliover 16 years ago
Pretty silly if you ask me.
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wizard_2over 16 years ago
its 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.
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