Comments on: TrackMeNot http://blog.openbrainstem.net/peregrine/2006/09/15/trackmenot/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trackmenot Stuff I Decided to Write Sat, 24 Dec 2011 07:02:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Peregrine http://blog.openbrainstem.net/peregrine/2006/09/15/trackmenot/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Peregrine Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:46:29 +0000 http://blog.openbrainstem.net/peregrine/2006/09/15/trackmenot/#comment-251 You're right about that last quote in this post. If I had included more following the part of Bruce's post that I quoted, it would have made more sense there. You’re right about that last quote in this post. If I had included more following the part of Bruce’s post that I quoted, it would have made more sense there.

]]> By: Peter Abilla http://blog.openbrainstem.net/peregrine/2006/09/15/trackmenot/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Peter Abilla Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:40:38 +0000 http://blog.openbrainstem.net/peregrine/2006/09/15/trackmenot/#comment-250 Lamont, Excellent points. I'm not sure about your last quote. In n-gram models and studies of entropy in computational linguistics, noise is actually very, very difficult to understand, sift through, and reduce. Adding noise works, but it doesn't eliminate the root cause of the problem -- yes, eventually search engines can still track you and perhaps identify you via your genuine searches. This noise-making effort is distracting but, you're right, it doesn't solve the remaining underlying problem. Nice post. Lamont,

Excellent points.

I’m not sure about your last quote. In n-gram models and studies of entropy in computational linguistics, noise is actually very, very difficult to understand, sift through, and reduce.

Adding noise works, but it doesn’t eliminate the root cause of the problem — yes, eventually search engines can still track you and perhaps identify you via your genuine searches. This noise-making effort is distracting but, you’re right, it doesn’t solve the remaining underlying problem. Nice post.

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