Atavic / smokescreen

A script that constantly opens random sites from a list to make a "smokescreen" over your browser history.

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A JavaScript program that constantly opens random sites from a list to make a "smokescreen" over your browser history.

Supported platforms:

Any OS with a modern web browser

Supported browsers:

Google Chrome^*

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^*Other browser support is being worked on; other browsers may work still, just not supported.

What is it?

Smokescreen is a simple JavaScript program that randomly opens sites from a long list of popular URLs from many categories. This will act as a mask, or "smokescreen" over your browsing history, to troll, confuse, and confound the prying eyes of those who may be spying on your browser history.

Why?

In 2017, the US president signed a bill that would allow ISPs to obtain access to your browser history and sell it to whoever they please. This could mean government agencies, large advertisement businesses, or if they really wanted to, your creepy neighbor next-door. This will make it more difficult for your ISPs to find or sell real history to others, thus preventing your information from being compromised.

How to use it

Install

1.

Firstly, on any OS, you would navigate to https://github.com/keeganjk/smokescreen. Once on this page, click the button that says "Clone or Download".

If you are on Unix (Linux, macOS, or BSD), you can type 'git clone https://github.com/keeganjk/smokescreen' into the terminal to > clone this repository.

2.

Nextly, open index.htm in any web modern browser.

3a.

After opening index.htm, you have to enable pop-ups and JavaScript (for index.htm). On Chrome, go to > Settings > Show advanced settings > Privacy > Content Settings. In this menu, allow JavaScript on all sites. While in this menu, allow Pop-ups on all sites.

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^* If you don't want to allow all sites to have JavaScript and/or Pop-ups, skip to 3b.