Re: [projectvrm] Privacy Badger tracker reports

["Dr. Augustine Fou" < >]

Right now just local. But can add server component.

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 8:14 PM Andrew Hughes < "> wrote:

Cool - but does it post the crowdsourced tracker info anonymously to a central place for others to look at and mine? Or is it just on your local device?

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 4:56 PM Dr. Augustine Fou < " target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"> > wrote:

Hi Andrew

we built something called Safebrowser, which is a derivative of WebView for Android. The page domain is in black (see theverge.com) and the ad server and ad tracker domains that are blocked are in red below it. We also have a greenlist function which allows the user to greenlist sites they trust. This means the site can load ads normally while trackers remain blocked. Based on reviewing these lists, I add new ad serving and tracking domains to our master list.

  

Have a look at this

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19onsr65vaHgA4QoSGjaBpxpQzZs3B3vtcUsWrLpyHFc/edit

happy to share APK with you to play with if you're interested.

Augustine

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 11:24 AM Andrew Hughes < " target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"> > wrote:

Hi Doc - responding to you including PrivacyBadger lists about sites visited or pointed at by others here...

Remember my "Privacy Buddy" idea from IIW Spring 2018? 

The one where a browser extension pops up and 'reminds' you that even though it might seem like a good idea to click "I Accept" on the web site right now, here are the reasons to NOT do it that you asked Privacy Buddy to remind you of when things went pear-shaped last time.  :)

Well, entangled in that theme was the idea to have an anonymous registry of sites & whether their terms are positive, neutral or negative for the user. Totally unrealistic, due to bots, machine parsing, liability, etc, of course :)

BUT it does occur to me that if a tool like Privacy Badger emitted a stream of tracker lists and origins, that it couldn't be **that** hard for a data wizard to create a searchable, filter-able pool of data that lets folks explore what web sites are surveilling using particular tools, without having to be exposed to every site on the internet.

Has anyone on this list heard of any project similar to this concept?

Anyone want to build it?

andrew.

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