Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me
by lbotos on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @07:50PM
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Ah yes, but then who controls those servers? A lot of people think that US Government agents own enough TOR nodes to de-anonymize.
Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me
by userbinator on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @08:24PM
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To be fair, in my experience there seem to be a lot more people frustrated with ads than scared of the government.
Someone who wants privacy/anonymity is likely to not want ads, but I think those who don't want ads is actually a larger group.
Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me
by metildaa on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @11:54PM
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Why would a browser or extension client side not be better? Adding an intermediary would add latency needlessly...
Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me
by userbinator on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @07:28AM
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It's not always possible to even modify the client, think of the embedded browsers in "smart" devices as well as the increasingly-locked-down mobile platforms. But as long as installing your own certificates still works, you can continue to MITM your traffic and modify it before it gets to the client(s).
Anti ad exit node proxies.
Basically an ecryoted proxy connection to a powerful ad stripping instance that will randomize and pipe all that shit to dev null, and reply to trackers with addesses of their competing ad systems.
So that every ad for “microsoft” appears as though its being used by apple users...