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Re:Mozilla owns "information you input through Firefox" by gfkclzhzo on Friday February 28, 2025 @09:24AM (#43205925)
Lately I've been working on strategies to use software in unusual enough ways that I'm essentially off the radar of, well, anyone looking. The dark forest approach to the internet.

To avoid interacting with the web directly, I'm thinking of running some AI software in a container on a home server that would be a translation layer between me and the real web. All webpages would be converted to a simple, and secure, format. Gopher, gemini, asciidoc, or maybe just static html.

Is that a tractable problem with modern AI tools?

The only way to win is not to play, but I'd like to have my cake and eat it too.

Re:Mozilla owns "information you input through Firefox" by sjs382 on Friday February 28, 2025 @10:31AM (#43206701)
The more unique your habits, the easier to fingerprint. That said, with those habits, you may be a less attractive audience.