[cryptome] Re: Useful [Or Not] browsing tool

  • From: In Harms Way <11414150173@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: cryptome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 01:59:15 +0300

Why bother with google and chrome anyway

torbrowser's FF come standardized with not track option


Andrew Hornback wrote, On 21/08/2013 01:15:
> Another thing to consider would be any kind of plugin that blocks
> cookies/tracking technologies by any member of the IAB - 
> http://www.iab.net/  These are the folks that are making cubic dollars
> off of your surfing habits.
>
> I believe there is a plugin for Firefox available, not sure about
> Chrome - using the Do Not Track feature in modern versions of Internet
> Explorer (supposedly) works, other browsers are a crap-shoot.
>
> Another thing that I do is to use different browsers for different
> things - some of these organizations that compile statistics aren't
> smart enough to combine your profiles across different browsers, but
> they're getting smarter every day.  A plugin plus a really well
> crafted set of firewall rules might be a good place to start if you're
> serious about blocking these organizations.
>
> --- A
>
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> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Aftermath
> <aftermath.thegreat@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:aftermath.thegreat@xxxxxxxxx>>
> wrote:
>
>     This tool might be of SOME interest. Its not a full privacy
>     solution, but it will help keep some of your browsing
>     private http://www.opendns.com/technology/dnscrypt/
>
>
>     On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Redmond <darkredptc@xxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:darkredptc@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>         The fact that its only on chrome negates any benefits.
>
>
>         On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Gary Wallin
>         <garylwallin@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:garylwallin@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>             
> http://boingboing.net/2013/08/18/paranoid-browsing-anti-profil.html
>
>             -- 
>             All my email is subject to viewing by the Panopticon ::
>             https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon ::
>             Except in the imaginations of the netizens there is no
>             real secrecy or privacy on the Internets. The powers that
>             be have been elevated to lofty positions of near
>             omnipresence. Enjoy, adapt, and survive.
>
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