1 - send random time to javascript and flash. Foiled. 2 - send ONLY standard OS install font list to javascript and Flash. Foiled. 3 Screen size send 1024X768 only.. Foiled. 4 List only standard plugins. 5 User Agent, again munge it to only send a generic.
Firefox is open source. all of the above can easily be done to make a "screw you" version of firefox that will hurt fingerprinting. if a LOT of people use that version then it goes even further to destory the fingerprinting.
Honestly, why are the creators of firefox and Javascript not already adding these changes?
Someone can easily write a Firefox plugin that will munge the javascript data. Make it random every time or hide everything but "standard" stuff. if you look like everyone else, you can hide in plain sight.
if you love privacy then you jailbreak/root your phone. and disable this crap or install safeguards. My iPhone for example serves up ZERO ad's in any apps and the browser, easy to do once you have access to the hosts file inside.
You do not need to. Simply run your browser in a sandbox. they cant keep ANYTHING there.
Better yet, Run your browser in a VM that is a standard OS install and a sandbox inside that. They cant fingerprint that which looks like everything else. (XP standard install with no added fonts/etc...) Also you can add a blocking hosts file. this really screws with advertisers as it destroys all their cookie attempts in any form.
My actual work desk has to remain clean so my boss isn't embarrassed when the CEO comes by for a chat.
I have two offices for that.
1 clean office with windows. 1 complete cluster crap where real work get's done, that's in the Old server room with the elevated floor and 2 workbenches.
I am NEVER in my office except for holidays when nothing is getting done or for the dog and pony show, those are the days I come in a suit and tie.
My other office when asked when I will clean it I always ask back, Any time you want, how much of a productivity hit and slip on your project time tables are you willing to accept? They usually say "dont worry about it" after they realize that I will take time from THEIR project to clean the office. It's not messy, just 80 pounds of stuff crammed into a 5 pound bag. Their fault for not giving me a larger room to occupy for my lab.
Fan noise? only notice it upon boot and shutdown. the rest of the time its pumping 120 watts per channel into 8 channels loud enough for the neighbors 3 houses over to hear the warzone in my living room....
Every book you bought, go to piratebay.org and download a DRM stripped version in epub or pdf. Then you can read it on any other reader.
I did that for all my Kindle books after I discovered that the kindle sucks for any other use other than reading amazon ebooks. Stripped off all my books I bought and put them on the sony ereader that I replaced the kindle with.
you are a internet N00b if you don't know about AlterNIC.
and no you don't have to convince people to use Yours instead of theirs. Just ask them to put yours in their DNS list at the top.
AlterNIC does not sell domains like Coke.com and Pepsi.com. They play nice and have their own root names. you can run all 4 Alternative DNS server systems in your computer at the same time without problems. I have it set that way in our DNS server, It checks against ALL DNS systems.
I haven't used standard DNS servers for almost a decade.
Peter Sunde is simply making noise to attract attention. He will not get any farther than the lesser Alternate DNS server group out there that have existed far, far, longer than his idea has existed.
Most people are disgusting pigs... GO look at the underside of chairs to discover the people that pick boogers and wipe them on things. You will be surprised at how many people do that.
I get far fewer colds and flu infections BECAUSe I had to take the "wash a lot clean clean clean" mantra. when you touch 10-20 people's keyboards a day, you will get sick as hell fast if you do not.
Biggest benefit, train yourself to NEVER EVER touch your eyes. This one trick, harder to do that stopping smoking, will cut infections by 5/8ths as it eliminates the biggest path most bugs take to get in you.
I touch your PC, I wash with hand santizer and will at least 3 times a day go to the bathroom to wash my hands. I ALWAYS do that before going back to my workstation.
No colds or flu for 5 years now. Last infection was because my spouse decided to share.
Yup. My 19 year old is as mature as a 13 year old. Too stupid to stop smoking pot and get a job. I hope the visit by the army recruiter and me and my comment that "You are out in 3 months" will make a significant impact.
Lazy kid can get the hell out if School and real life is not as important as smoking pot with the loser friends.
Parents that let their loser pothead stay home after 18 are doing a dis-service to their kid.
Like the Nut-jobs that try to reason with a 4 year old.
"WAHHHHHH I WANT DAT TOY! WAHHHHHHHH!"
"now tommy, the financial situation means we can not have the expense that they toy will create. WE have a strict budget we must follow, It's good financial practice...."
"....wAH.....HUH? TOY!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Tommy the fiscal predictions for the next quarter are not favorable... We should not have this unscheduled expense"
"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"tommy it is not a nice thing to do to kick daddy... is this how we are to act? Tommy, please stop throwing things That is very bad behavior..."
Tell the kid NO, we do not have the money. IF the kid hits you or acts out of control, a nice swat on the rear usually get's the message that the "behaivoir is not within acceptable parameters" through quite clear.
More Geeks have read and understand "How to win friends and influence people" than the brain-dead meat head jocks with the pretty-boy faces. Comprehend that book and you can pretty much, with some work; bed nearly any woman you desire. Married women are even easier to bed as they typically are married to a idiot that does not pay attention to them anymore.
Human interaction and influence is actually incredibly easy. Luckily most people are lazy and do not study it, or are un-wiling to make the changes to use it to the N'th degree..
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WEll it's better than the brain dead drivel that always comes out of Palin's mouth.
IF she is the voice of the Tea Party, then their claims of "smaller government" are nothing but bullshit.
1 - send random time to javascript and flash. Foiled.
2 - send ONLY standard OS install font list to javascript and Flash. Foiled.
3 Screen size send 1024X768 only.. Foiled.
4 List only standard plugins.
5 User Agent, again munge it to only send a generic.
Firefox is open source. all of the above can easily be done to make a "screw you" version of firefox that will hurt fingerprinting. if a LOT of people use that version then it goes even further to destory the fingerprinting.
Honestly, why are the creators of firefox and Javascript not already adding these changes?
Someone can easily write a Firefox plugin that will munge the javascript data. Make it random every time or hide everything but "standard" stuff. if you look like everyone else, you can hide in plain sight.
ALL MAC addresses are changeable. and they dont survive the first router.
not really.
if you love privacy then you jailbreak/root your phone. and disable this crap or install safeguards. My iPhone for example serves up ZERO ad's in any apps and the browser, easy to do once you have access to the hosts file inside.
You do not need to. Simply run your browser in a sandbox. they cant keep ANYTHING there.
Better yet, Run your browser in a VM that is a standard OS install and a sandbox inside that. They cant fingerprint that which looks like everything else. (XP standard install with no added fonts /etc...)
Also you can add a blocking hosts file. this really screws with advertisers as it destroys all their cookie attempts in any form.
My actual work desk has to remain clean so my boss isn't embarrassed when the CEO comes by for a chat.
I have two offices for that.
1 clean office with windows.
1 complete cluster crap where real work get's done, that's in the Old server room with the elevated floor and 2 workbenches.
I am NEVER in my office except for holidays when nothing is getting done or for the dog and pony show, those are the days I come in a suit and tie.
My other office when asked when I will clean it I always ask back, Any time you want, how much of a productivity hit and slip on your project time tables are you willing to accept? They usually say "dont worry about it" after they realize that I will take time from THEIR project to clean the office. It's not messy, just 80 pounds of stuff crammed into a 5 pound bag. Their fault for not giving me a larger room to occupy for my lab.
Fan noise? only notice it upon boot and shutdown. the rest of the time its pumping 120 watts per channel into 8 channels loud enough for the neighbors 3 houses over to hear the warzone in my living room....
I cant hear any fan noise.
You forget the pre-teens dressing like street hookers... and making little girls also want to dress slutty.
You are an epic fail as a parent if you buy your 8 year old a miniskirt and a pair of skin tight pants that says JUICY on the ass.
Those 6-12 year old gir tv shows on Disney are disgusting as to how they push "fashon" on the little kids. then they back it up with buy this!!!!
It's a day long infomercial for children.
Why?
Get a RoKu box and get what you want now for a $99.00 box that does not have an additional $60.00 a year access fee like the Xbox360 does
Actually yes. you can.
Every book you bought, go to piratebay.org and download a DRM stripped version in epub or pdf. Then you can read it on any other reader.
I did that for all my Kindle books after I discovered that the kindle sucks for any other use other than reading amazon ebooks. Stripped off all my books I bought and put them on the sony ereader that I replaced the kindle with.
http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/06/the-power-shelf-holds-your-gadgets-while-they-charge/
I have had a device EXACTLY like this for over 10 years now. I bought one in 1999 at a strange thrift/junk store.
Glad to see the patent system not checking to see if something exists already.
Father? FATHER??
He is our freaking GOD!
How dare you mock us!
Works great except that Comcast worked hard to make the markets they are in where there is little to no competition.
Want internet, you have to pay Compost and do their dance.
Yup.
you are a internet N00b if you don't know about AlterNIC.
and no you don't have to convince people to use Yours instead of theirs. Just ask them to put yours in their DNS list at the top.
AlterNIC does not sell domains like Coke.com and Pepsi.com. They play nice and have their own root names. you can run all 4 Alternative DNS server systems in your computer at the same time without problems. I have it set that way in our DNS server, It checks against ALL DNS systems.
Several have Existed for a long time now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root
I haven't used standard DNS servers for almost a decade.
Peter Sunde is simply making noise to attract attention. He will not get any farther than the lesser Alternate DNS server group out there that have existed far, far, longer than his idea has existed.
Most people are disgusting pigs... GO look at the underside of chairs to discover the people that pick boogers and wipe them on things. You will be surprised at how many people do that.
I get far fewer colds and flu infections BECAUSe I had to take the "wash a lot clean clean clean" mantra. when you touch 10-20 people's keyboards a day, you will get sick as hell fast if you do not.
Biggest benefit, train yourself to NEVER EVER touch your eyes. This one trick, harder to do that stopping smoking, will cut infections by 5/8ths as it eliminates the biggest path most bugs take to get in you.
I touch your PC, I wash with hand santizer and will at least 3 times a day go to the bathroom to wash my hands. I ALWAYS do that before going back to my workstation.
No colds or flu for 5 years now. Last infection was because my spouse decided to share.
Yes they will.
AC typically does not run at night. The solar load is gone and the home is actually radiating heat on it's own.
This is the time the Car is plugged in.
so yes. People WILL turn off the AC to charge the car, they already turn off the AC at night when the thermostat turns it off.
It's more fun that I had. All I had was a fork, butter knife and an electrical outlet...
Sounds like you need to make better friends for the kid to interact with.
My parents were ready to tell teachers and adults that they were imbeciles for telling them that I was learning too fast. You need to as well.
Stand up for your kid, give him a healthy image of himself and being smart.
Yup. My 19 year old is as mature as a 13 year old. Too stupid to stop smoking pot and get a job. I hope the visit by the army recruiter and me and my comment that "You are out in 3 months" will make a significant impact.
Lazy kid can get the hell out if School and real life is not as important as smoking pot with the loser friends.
Parents that let their loser pothead stay home after 18 are doing a dis-service to their kid.
Like the Nut-jobs that try to reason with a 4 year old.
"WAHHHHHH I WANT DAT TOY! WAHHHHHHHH!"
"now tommy, the financial situation means we can not have the expense that they toy will create. WE have a strict budget we must follow, It's good financial practice...."
"....wAH.....HUH? TOY!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Tommy the fiscal predictions for the next quarter are not favorable... We should not have this unscheduled expense"
"WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"tommy it is not a nice thing to do to kick daddy... is this how we are to act? Tommy, please stop throwing things That is very bad behavior..."
Tell the kid NO, we do not have the money. IF the kid hits you or acts out of control, a nice swat on the rear usually get's the message that the "behaivoir is not within acceptable parameters" through quite clear.
Actually yes, they are.
More Geeks have read and understand "How to win friends and influence people" than the brain-dead meat head jocks with the pretty-boy faces. Comprehend that book and you can pretty much, with some work; bed nearly any woman you desire. Married women are even easier to bed as they typically are married to a idiot that does not pay attention to them anymore.
Human interaction and influence is actually incredibly easy. Luckily most people are lazy and do not study it, or are un-wiling to make the changes to use it to the N'th degree..
Why?
It's dumb to give him a Windows OS at all.
Far better to give the kid a locked down Ubuntu with the Netbook UI.