From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Jul 18 21:14:34 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC2BBB9BF4D for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 21:14:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA HLL ISSUER 01" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BF43B15DD for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 21:14:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19B1D606BD for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:14:27 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id tReJ7pzA48ze for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:14:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3980960B29 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:14:24 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=harte-lyne.ca; s=dkim_hll; t=1468876464; bh=dzqneEvWxZFhIPIGCSUFQkYiFT0oJrQrueMuxhKmYQ0=; h=In-Reply-To:References:Date:Subject:From:To:Reply-To; b=voFEZ6nHY3TRkmpb4KsDVts37fB/q1d+Uc1VBVhJlzjLKm+pefeh2RJgEJPxUf9t9 sFmtKs8hrYGwQbDnFLxDiL7Ntqsg5bkpGYmn4RC+sOTU9s5DnOfX3LamnAN2KdMX5Y tzPp6Y6lUSluOavcWYkIGBKNt+g0ydrNwpjB8VJCL8LsJTnC9Jm7+mYqIQZ4BUWd2D 09r06E9yAUyfQRjlC7jf9GF8yC4pBxZJ/SgUHDB5fKay1jyuZvHXcJYiSurtAQtGUg 9uLOVKHQ7pxOW8IzF8F/HUWyGzZsQCNrYhiIvtLaLV18Y7t4UHNulZahNfEGgY2Y+/ iSFz2/L9BTx/w== Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:14:24 -0400 Message-ID: <35c3e490d6e99d3f2ab463ac1c394613.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:14:24 -0400 Subject: Re: borderline OT fireox question From: "James B. Byrne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-4.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 21:14:35 -0000 On Fri, July 15, 2016 12:49, Brandon J. Wandersee wrote: > > I apologize for derailing this conversation. Privacy on the web is a > worthwhile concern, but I've grown tired of the overwrought paranoia > that accompanies that concern. To most of the world, including the > people you meet every day, you are not Ralph Madorf. You are not > William A. Maheffey III. You are a faceless number nobody cares > about, . . . Today. But maybe tomorrow some entity may come to view you as a threat. And then the record of your past becomes a weapon in their hands. Google can identify you as an individual with a very good probability simply by enumerating the fonts installed on your computer. Add any three other bits of data such as browser type, geo-location and query subject and they will have you individually identified with almost 100% accuracy. -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3