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Re:Cover Your Tracks by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Sunday November 22, 2020 @01:09AM (#25175341)
There is another idea I did not mention and that is "minimalising" the behavioural fingerprint. The most simple examples I can think of are DNS and Wikipedia.

User A makes a single request to download bulk DNS data or Wikipedia content, then makes it available on her loopback or local network.

User B makes a series of DNS queries for specific RR's or HTTP requests for specific Wikipedia pages.

How do the behavioural fingerprints of User A and User B compare?

Trackers generally cannot see the individual DNS queries or HTTP requests for Wikipedia pages that User A makes over her loopback or to addresses on her local network. However all of User B's individual DNS queries and HTTP requests, including timings and context, are easily visible to a variety of trackers operating on the internet.

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