Cover traffic is very expensive. Have you ever thought of a spidering program like YaCy? Comrade Ringo Kamens On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 9:51 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is in regards to > https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#GoogleSpyw > are > > A while back, I found advice that users could increase their > security using Tor by having programs run on their computer that > would use the Tor Network, so it would be harder for another > individual monitoring traffic to tell if the user was actively > using the Tor Network or not; such a program would make it look > like the Tor Network was constantly in use by the user. > > So, in my search to create "garbage" traffic, just any useless, > random requests I could have some program send through the Tor > Network, I found and used the "TrackMeNot" extension for Firefox. > > Now, I can only assume Google, along with any of the other search > engines, don't appreciate this, but it was intended as a quick fix, > and it seemed to serve the purpose I wanted it to fulfill. > > The downside being that while I'm probably not causing all the > Google errors people are encountering, it seems as if I'm probably > causing quite a lot of them. Before I tried this, I occasionally > got an error from Google; with TrackMeNot enabled, I ALWAYS get > errors when trying to search on Google. > > So, I'm still looking for an alternative: a program that would send > random garbage data across the Internet through the Tor Network, > but that wouldn't cause any harm. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Click here for great computer networking solutions! > > http://tagline.hushmail.com/fc/Ioyw6h4fM6mXnnvf3x6KOIykTHmUDNfopJVYcJLUrFE9z3XMoKiOyy/ > >