TrackMeNot
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TrackMeNot is a lightweight browser extension that helps protect web searchers from surveillance and data-profiling by search engines. It does so not by means of concealment or encryption (i.e. covering one's tracks), but instead, paradoxically, by the opposite strategy:...
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
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Developed by
Daniel C. Howe, Helen NissenbaumLicensing
Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.Written in
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- 366 Stars
- 54 Forks
- 71 Open Issues
- Updated Apr 23, 2022
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TrackMeNot "hides users' actual search trails in a cloud of 'ghost' queries, significantly increasing the difficulty of aggregating such data into accurate or identifying user profiles."
So, instead of trying to block ads and risk creating a unique blocking profile that can be fingerprinted by surveillance software, TMN hides your searches among randomly generated searches of its own.
Also works with @AdNauseam, which hides user profiles on actual, real-user searches by clicking all or most ads on a page, according to the FAQ on Github.
Using this combo seems to be faster than ublock origin - or at least feels that way.
[Edited by jasonbrown1965, October 16]