While there are many tools that attempt to hide and anonymize ones profile or web footprint, data obfuscation takes a different approach. Data obfuscation in our context is the deliberate additions of ambiguous, confusing, or misleading information to interfere with surveillance and data collection. Rather than hiding, we corrupt our ‘profile’ data with false positives. The extensions below will search the web and ‘click’ every ad (behind the scenes, it won’t interfere with your browsing) On the individual level this will begin to corrupt the data profile big tech has on you. In the broader context, this will diminish the effectiveness of online marketing and profiling.

AdNauseam
TrackMeNot
Noiszy

AdNauseam Setup

Firefox and Firefox Variants Browsers

  1. Open Browser
  2. Install AdNauseam from the Firefox Add-On store
    add to firefox
  3. Choose the following settings after being prompted
    Ad Nauseam Setting
  4. Disable or remove other adblockers (such as UBlock or Adblock Plus) as they may block ads before AdNauseam can identify or collect them. To remove or disable an add-on:
    1. Click the menu button Fx57menu , click Fx57Addons-icon Add-ons and select Extensions.
    2. Scroll through the list of extensions.
    3. Disable the add-on by toggling off or Click the ellipsis (3-dot) icon for the extension you wish to remove and select Remove
      remove addon

Chrome & Chromium browsers

  • Because Google has removed AdNauseam from its web-store we have to manually install the add-on.
  • The full installation guide can be found here for a quick setup please see below

  1. Download the latest .ZIP file here and unpack
    AdNauseam zip
  2. Enter chrome://extensions/ in the address bar or navigate to the browser’s extension page
  3. After putting the browser in Developer Mode Click the ‘Load unpacked extension’ button and select the zip files unpacked location
    Chrome Developer mode
  4. Disable or remove other adblockers (such as UBlock or Adblock Plus) as they may block ads before AdNauseam can identify or collect them. To disable an add-on:
    1. Enter chrome://extensions/ in the address bar or navigate to the browser’s extension page
    2. Toggle off the unwanted extensions
      chrome_toggleoff
    3. Brave users and other chromium variants that have a built-in adblocker will need to disable the feature. In Brave in can be found by entering brave://settings/shields in the address bar.

TrackMeNot Setup


Firefox and Firefox Variants Setup

  1. Open Browser
  2. Install TrackMeNot from the Firefox Add-On store
  3. Click the menu button Fx57menu , click Fx57Addons-icon Add-ons and select Extensions.
  4. Enter the options menu for TrackMeNot
    TrackMeNotOptions
  5. Change ‘Query Frequency’ to ‘5 per min’
    TrackMeNotQuery

Chrome & Chromium browsers

  1. Open Browser
  2. Install TrackMeNot from the Chrome Web Store
  3. At the top right, click More More and then More tools and then Extensions.
  4. Enter the options menu for TrackMeNot by clicking the ‘Details’ button
    TrackMeNotDetails
  5. Change ‘Query Frequency’ to ‘5 per min’
    TrackMeNotQuery

Noiszy Setup


Chrome & Chromium browsers ONLY

  1. Open Browser
  2. Install Noiszy from the Chrome Web Store
  3. Select Noiszy from your extensions bar located to the right of the URL bar
    NoiszyStart
  4. Start the Noiszy extension. Status should change from ‘Waiting’ to ‘Running’
    NoiszyStart