Download the TrackMeNot extension for Firefox
TrackMeNot by Daniel C. Howe and Helen Nissenbaum
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Protects users against search data profiling by issuing randomized queries to popular search engines.
TMN features include:
- Firefox 1.5 to Firefox 3.6 compatibility
- Realtime Search-Tracking
- Keystrokes Simulation
- Improved RSS seed editor and integration in Firefox
- Dynamic URL/Header Matching
- Burst-mode (default: on) with query permutation
- Cookie-Anonymization (default: off)
- Improved Timing Mechanism
- Improved Logging (cookie-actions, etc.)
- French language version
- Improved support for non-latin characters
- Selective click-through (for non-ad links)
- RSS support for seed-generation and substitution
Links to this site (trackbacks):
- Phormfree
- The Atlantic
- Helen Nissenbaum
- Nieman Watchdog - 8 questions about online privacy
- DSL Reports - What's your cookies policy? [Chrome only]
- Newegg is a little scary sometimes
- New Media Research Studio - Weekly Readings: A Week Without Google