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A comment on Ask HN: Generate random traffic for metadata obfuscation?.

Re:Ask HN: Generate random traffic for metadata obfuscation? by jstayton on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @07:52AM (#11805991)
TrackMeNot (http://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/) uses this technique to protect against web search tracking.

In general, privacy by obfuscation is an idea that privacy researchers have been considering. Other than TrackMeNot, however, I haven't seen many real-world applications.

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Re:Ask HN: Generate random traffic for metadata obfuscation? by DavideNL on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @10:03AM (#11806544)
Hah, awesome add-on, you can even add your own (language) websites/rss feeds.
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