Internet Noise

On March 28th, 2017 congress passed a law that makes it legal for your Internet Service Providers (ISP) to track and sell your personal activity online. This means that things you search for, buy, read, and say can be collected by corporations and used against you.

A site called Internet Noise searches for randomized phrases and opens five fresh tabs every ten seconds. Your browser will start passively loading random sites in browser tabs. Leave it running to fill ISP databases and your Internet browsing history with random noise. As a cloaking technique, it’s not a perfect veil. It’s actually too random. It doesn’t linger on sites very long, nor does it revisit them. In other words, it doesn’t really look human, and smart-enough tracking algorithms likely know that, but it can still help obscure your actual browsing history in amongst the chaff. Though data pollution isn't a full solution, it can be an effective component—one that forces the opponent to devote more time and resources to defeat.