Fauxx is an open-source Android privacy tool that poisons data broker and ad-tech profiles by generating continuous, plausible, off-demographic synthetic activity from your device. The goal is simple: make your real behavioral signal statistically indistinguishable from noise.

Not my project, but though this is really cool and worth sharing.

  • Runecrush376@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    I just found this app on droidify, really cool idea. Id love to see something similar on Linux. (imnotsure if something like that already exists)

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    18 days ago

    started using it today, it still is in early stages of development and it’s pretty bugged, but it’s very cool.

    the main doubt I have now is if it would be more useful of you could fake activity coherent with your location, for example, because being in EU and faking visits to US gov sites doesn’t exactly sound as stealth.

    I could be wrong though.

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    19 days ago

    Isn’t it easier to browse with JavaScript off whenever possible and with uBlock origin?

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      18 days ago

      just as an FYI, having JavaScript off potentially adds to your fingerprint.

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        17 days ago

        Everything adds to my fingerprint. Nothing minuses to it. No matter what i tried