Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main

From	Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project
Subject	Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main
Date	2017-12-07 18:30 +0100
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Quoting Ian Jackson (2017-12-07 17:06:43)
> Paul R. Tagliamonte writes ("Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main"):
>> I claim if you can read this attribute, you can observe the rest of 
>> those actions passively.
>
> So the secret police who have seized my computer, or my spouse who 
> suspects me of looking at the "wrong" sort of websites (but doesn't 
> want to risk installing spyware), or my employer who has suspended me 
> because they to fire me unjustifiably and is now searching my 
> computer, can easily get into their time machine and go back and make 
> the computer tell them what I did last week ?
> 
> No.
> 
> (Your logic would argue that browser porn mode is basically 
> pointless.)

Your "porn mode" browser plugin would tell your browser to pass a 
redacted URL to the filesystem.  Your enemies would then know only that 
you redacted something.

If you want to hide that as well, you will need to replace your 
"porn-mode" browser plugin with a "porn-and-stealth-mode plugin which 
instead of simple redaction spews Facebook URLs instead.

(and you need also need to buy a faster laptop to keep up with the 
CPU-hungry reasoning engine used to pick Facebook URLs adequately 
non-random yet not themselves revealing - whatever that means...)

If you want to save power and money, then go deep into the config 
options for your pron-mode plugin and enable "I trust everything on the 
Internet and want to treat all downloaded files as local when in porn 
mode".


 - Jonas

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Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2017-11-30 15:00 +0100
  Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2017-12-01 15:00 +0100
    Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2017-12-01 16:30 +0100
      Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Enrico Zini <enrico@enricozini.org> - 2017-12-01 16:40 +0100
        Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2017-12-01 17:20 +0100
          Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2017-12-01 17:30 +0100
        Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2017-12-01 17:20 +0100
      Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> - 2017-12-01 19:10 +0100
    Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2017-12-01 18:20 +0100
      Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2017-12-01 18:30 +0100
      Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> - 2017-12-01 19:10 +0100
        Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2017-12-01 20:10 +0100
        Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> - 2017-12-03 12:10 +0100
  Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main "Dr. Bas Wijnen" <wijnen@debian.org> - 2017-12-03 09:00 +0100
  Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Diane Trout <diane@ghic.org> - 2017-12-05 21:50 +0100
    Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2017-12-06 05:10 +0100
      Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-12-06 07:50 +0100
        Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-12-07 00:40 +0100
          Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-12-07 01:10 +0100
            Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2017-12-07 01:20 +0100
              Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-12-07 02:40 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2017-12-07 03:30 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org> - 2017-12-07 04:20 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2017-12-07 07:10 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Diane Trout <diane@ghic.org> - 2017-12-07 07:20 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2017-12-07 14:00 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2017-12-07 14:10 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2017-12-07 14:20 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main "Paul R. Tagliamonte" <paultag@gmail.com> - 2017-12-07 14:40 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2017-12-07 15:00 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2017-12-07 15:00 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Lars Wirzenius <liw@liw.fi> - 2017-12-07 15:50 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main "Paul R. Tagliamonte" <paultag@gmail.com> - 2017-12-07 15:20 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2017-12-07 17:10 +0100
                technical terms (Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by  stuff in main) Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2017-12-07 18:00 +0100
                technical terms (Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by  stuff in main) Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2017-12-07 18:30 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2017-12-07 18:30 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main "Paul R. Tagliamonte" <paultag@gmail.com> - 2017-12-07 18:40 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Diane Trout <diane@ghic.org> - 2017-12-07 19:40 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl> - 2017-12-07 22:10 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Diane Trout <diane@ghic.org> - 2017-12-07 23:00 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main "Paul R. Tagliamonte" <paultag@gmail.com> - 2017-12-07 23:10 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> - 2017-12-07 19:30 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Diane Trout <diane@ghic.org> - 2017-12-07 20:10 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Andrey Rahmatullin <wrar@debian.org> - 2017-12-07 20:30 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Diane Trout <diane@ghic.org> - 2017-12-07 21:10 +0100
                Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2017-12-07 14:00 +0100
    Automatically marking downloaded files (was Re: Automatic downloading  of non-free software by stuff in main) Anthony DeRobertis <anthony@derobert.net> - 2017-12-06 06:30 +0100
      Re: Automatically marking downloaded files (was Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main) Stuart Prescott <stuart@debian.org> - 2017-12-07 02:40 +0100
        Re: Automatically marking downloaded files (was Re: Automatic downloading of non-free software by stuff in main) Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2017-12-07 15:00 +0100

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