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vtoubiana / TrackMeNot

An artware browser add-on to protect privacy in web-search. By issuing randomized queries to common search-engines, TrackMeNot obfuscates your search profile(s) and registers your discontent with surreptitious tracking.
http://cs.nyu.edu/trackmenot/
GNU General Public License v2.0
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API-backed default blacklist #135

Open levininja opened 2 years ago

levininja commented 2 years ago

Background

I don't want my workplace, which monitors all my traffic, to see concerning search terms. There are many search terms that would be troublesome that aren't included in the DHS list.

Feature request

For TMN to provide a more thorough blacklist of words, rather than just the 3 that it defaults to.

Why would this be better than the current feature of just letting the user input words?

  1. A user isn't going to be able to come up with a very thorough list just brainstorming solo. Hitting an open-source API for a list of explicit words to blacklist would probably have a much more thorough list.
  2. As a user, I don't want to go searching for lists of those words in the first place.
  3. By using a 3rd-party API that's regularly updated, as language constantly evolves and new explicit/porn terminology enters the lexicon, the list could be updated without TMN or its users having to do anything to update it.

I love the project. Thanks for the work you've already done.

levininja commented 2 years ago

I might be willing to contribute and write the code for this feature request, if I were to get some kind of green light first that you're open to such a feature being added.