crazyirishhobo - Slashdot User

Submission + - Your browser history is showing

Submitted by tiffanydanica on Wednesday July 01, 2009 @11:22PM

tiffanydanica writes: For a lot of us our browser history is something we consider private, or at least not something we want to expose to every website we visit.Web2.0collage is showing just how easy it is (with code!)for sites to determine what sites you visit. When you visit the site it sniffs your browser history, and creates a collage of the (safe for work) sites that you visit. It is an interesting application of potentially scary technology (imagine a job application site using this to screen candidates). You can jump right into having your history sniffed if you so desire. While the collages are cool on their own merit, they also serve as an illustration of the privacy implications of browser history sniffing.

Submission + - Automated collage of your browser history

Submitted by crazyirishhobo on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @03:06PM

crazyirishhobo writes: Using browser history sniffing web2.0collage.com automatically determine what websites you visit and creates a collage of them. You can also jump over the warning and just start sniffing the history. Before you get too worried about what might be in the collage, it uses a list of safe-for-work sites, so the collage will (probably) be appropriate (unless you don't want your colleagues knowing about what blogs you read). The visual nature of the collage makes it easy to illustrate the potential privacy concerns of browser history sniffing. Other potential benign applications including customizing bookmarklets, but the less than benign (say advertising or even targeted phishing sites) applications are worrying.

Submission + - Sniffing browser history for awareness & art

Submitted by tdalek on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @01:26PM

tdalek writes: web2.0collage.com uses browser history sniffing to determine what websites you visit and then creates a collage of them. While the collage is kind of nifty, it also graphically illustrates just how easy it is for people to sniff your browser history. Before you get too worried, it uses a white-list of SFW sites, so the collage will (probably) be appropriate (unless you don't want your colleagues knowing about your slashdot habits). However, just because these people play nice is no guarantee that everyone else will. Other potential benign applications including customizing bookmark-lets, but the less than benign (say advertising or even hr site) implications or troublesome. An interesting application of potentially scary technology. For slashdotters not interested in warnings or explanations, you can jump straight to the browser history sniffing

Submission + - Browser sniffing ninjas

Submitted by tasteyf00dninja on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @01:11PM

tasteyf00dninja writes: web2.0collage.com uses browser history sniffing to determine what websites you visit and creates a collage of them. Before you get worried, it uses a list of "web2.0" sites, so the collage will (probably) be appropriate (unless you don't want your colleagues knowing about your slashdot habbits). An interesting application of potentially scary technology. For those wanting to skip the warning & explanation screen and go straight to the browser history sniffing this should do the trick. While the results by them selves are kind of interesting, it also serves as a cool way to illustrate the privacy concerns of browser history sniffing.

Submission + - The art of browser history sniffing

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @04:57AM

An anonymous reader writes: There is a new kid in town doing something a bit different. web2.0collage.com uses browser history sniffing to determine what websites you visit and creates a collage of them. Before you get worried, it uses a list of "web2.0" sites, so the collage will (probably) be appropriate (unless you don't want your colleagues knowing about your slashdot habbits). An interesting application of potentially scary technology. For those wanting to skip the warning screen and go straight to the browser sniffing this should do the trick. While the results by them selves are kind of interesting, it also serves as a cool way to illustrate the privacy concerns of browser history sniffing.

Submission + - Browser historry sniffing demoed by web2.0collage

Submitted by crazyirishhobo on Tuesday June 30, 2009 @12:05AM

crazyirishhobo writes: Browser history sniffing isn't the newest thing on the block, but web2.0collage.com takes a different approach to browser history sniffing. Once it's gotten a list of all the sites you visit it constructs a (somewhat creepy) collage graphically illustrating the websites you visit. Depending on your browser history the results can be nifty or creepy (fortunately it does use a filtered SFW list). While the results on it own are kind of interesting, it also serves as a cool way to illustrate the privacy concerns of browser history sniffing.

Submission + - Devicescape supports Starbucks with OpenMoko

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23, 2009 @11:52PM

An anonymous reader writes: The OpenMoko is getting some much needed love with Devicescape's port to the FreeRunner adding support for logins to Starbucks. With the ongoing port of Android to the FreeRunner some questions remain as to the long term viability of the freesmartphone architecture. (fittingly the captcha for the submission was muffin, similar to cupcake)

Comment Re:spam & loss of privacy makes sad panda (Score 1) 6

by crazyirishhobo on Wednesday July 16, 2008 @02:17AM (#24208909) Attached to: Gaping whole in gmail / google calendar user priva

How many people actually use there real name when registering on gmail?

Submission + - Has copyright gone too far? RMS' views

Submitted by

holdenkarau

on Friday July 20, 2007 @12:28AM

holdenkarau writes: "Richard M. Stallman (RMS) recently gave a talk entitled Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks to the University of Waterloo Computer Science Club. The talk looks at the origin of copyright, and how it has evolved overtime from something that originally served the benefit of the people to a tool used against them and answers the question of how copyright has gone to far, and how to fix it. In keeping with RMS' desire to use open formats, the talk and qa session are only available in ogg theora."

Submission + - Richard Stallman talks on Copyright V. The People 5

Submitted by

holden

on Thursday July 19, 2007 @07:41PM

holden writes: "Richard M. Stallman recently gave a talk entitled Copyright vs Community in the Age of Computer Networks to the University of Waterloo Computer Science Club. The talk looks at the origin of copyright, and how it has evolved overtime from something that originally served the benefit of the people to a tool used against them. In keeping with his wishes to use open formats, the talk and qa are available in ogg theora only."

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