[PrivacyBadger] Is it possible to use Privacy Badger in passive mode?

Daniel Struck daniel.struck at mailbox.org
Mon Feb 13 12:05:22 PST 2017


Thanks for the clarification. It seems to be quite difficult to avoid
fingerprinting.

One of my concerns is to avoid hitting illegal websites. Setting a
maximum distance from the start page and using a service like OpenDNS
Family Shield might help.

Currently I am testing the  Marionette Python client to drive the random
surfing part.

One question I would like to investigate is the how the available
tracking lists compare to a list generated by a random walk approach in
combination with Privacy Badger.

Best regards,

Daniel


On 13/02/2017 19:21, Cooper Quintin via PrivacyBadger wrote:
> Even just making this change you would still be extremely
> fingerprintable by even installing privacy badger in the tor browser.
> There are a ton of other requests made and scripts loaded that would
> change the nature of the tor browser. For this reason I *strongly*
> discourage running privacy badger in conjunction with tor browser.
>
> And like Alex said, this feature is too specific to add to privacy
> badger but of course you are free to modify the code if you wish.
>
> - Cooper
>
> On 02/10/2017 12:48 AM, Alex Ristich via PrivacyBadger wrote:
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>> This is an interesting idea, though perhaps a bit too specific as of yet
>> to be added as a permanent option. I think the quickest way about this -
>> assuming you're comfortable touching the Privacy Badger code itself - is
>> changing every instance of "/return {cancel: true} /" to "/return
>> {cancel: false} /". A quick check shows that there are only three
>> instances of this, all of which are in src/webrequest.js.
>>
>> One thing to keep in mind is that the results from Tor Browser might be
>> a bit different than what you'd see in a regular browser depending on
>> your relative privacy settings. In some regard, it might be better to
>> disable the privacy preserving features of Tor Browser while running the
>> test so that Privacy Badger can most effectively determine tracking via
>> methods such as fingerprinting. You could also try running a couple of
>> tests with varied settings and see if the results differ widely, though
>> it really depends on how much time you have to put into this :)
>>
>> If you have any additional questions or need a hand getting things
>> sorted out, feel free to follow up!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Alex
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 11:26 PM Daniel Struck via PrivacyBadger
>> <privacybadger at lists.eff.org <mailto:privacybadger at lists.eff.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hello,
>>
>>
>>     I am researching the possibility to use Privacy Badger as a means to
>>     generate filter lists for tools like Pi-Hole or uBlock Origin.
>>     Pi-Hole is particularly interesting as it covers the whole network
>>     (Smart TV, IoT, ...).
>>
>>
>>     This is the setup I am currently considering:
>>
>>     - Install the Tor Browser and add the Privacy Badger & Random Walk
>>     add-on.
>>     - Let Random Walk surf the web randomly. www.reddit.com/r/random
>>     <http://www.reddit.com/r/random> might be a good starting point.
>>     - Export the data from Privacy Badger and transform it in a format
>>     suitable for Pi-Hole or uBlock Origin.
>>
>>     I am considering to use the Tor Browser due to two aspects:
>>
>>     - Add noise to the Tor network. If only a handful people would use
>>     PGP, Tor, ... they would be automatically highly suspicious.
>>
>>     - Random Walk might hit by chance an illegal website I don't want to
>>     be associated with.
>>
>>
>>     To mitigate the risk of fingerprinting while using the Tor Browser I
>>     would like to able to use Privacy Badger in passive mode. It would
>>     only determine if a domain tracks you but would not block the
>>     domain. Could this option be added to Privacy Badger?
>>
>>
>>     Best Regards,
>>
>>     Daniel
>>
>>
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