Reply to post: Re: Silly, that's what bots are for

So my ISP can now sell my browsing history – what can I do?

Blake St. Claire

Re: Silly, that's what bots are for

pfft. Trivial problem to solve. Spybot – amongst probably others – has a long list of known malware and porn sites that it inoculates your system with. It blackholes the known sites in your system's (/etc/)hosts file. And I've tripped over a few other sites on my own that I've added to the list. (Which reminds me, it's been a few years since I updated the list). The bot can start with those and be updated on a regular basis. It's also easy to avoid anything/everything in the .xxx TLD – thanks ICANN.

And if I ever decide to run for Parliament or Congress and someone goes muckraking through my browsing history I've got an easy answer: the bot did it. On top of which, there's also the Get Out of Jail Free Card, er, I mean the Grab 'Em By The Pussy card. It worked for Twitler, it ought to work for everyone. I mean honestly, who gives a rats ass if I've looked at porn? Aren't we over that yet?

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