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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:

Firefox

Google Chrome

Microsoft Edge

Opera

Safari

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

1. Download

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

If you are on Unix (Linux, macOS, or BSD), you can type git clone https://github.com/froidlesprit/smokescreen into the terminal to clone this repository and then mv into the directory. If you do this, skip to step 3.

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2. Extract files

Nextly, extract the ZIP file and then move into the smokescreen folder.

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3. Open 'index.htm'

Open index.htm with any web modern browser.

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4. Enable JavaScript and Pop-ups

After opening index.htm, you have to enable pop-ups and JavaScript (for index.htm). This will be different in every browser, but it is usually in Settings. JavaScript will most likely be enabled, but Pop-ups may be disabled.

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5. Set Wait Time and Click Start

Click the button that says "Set Wait Time" and then set a time to wait in milliseconds between page closes. Next, click the button that says, "Start!" and random pages will randomly open and close. To stop the process, close the page with "Smokescreen" in the title.

WARNING! If you have a data limit, do not use this program unless you expect to be charged or prevented from continuing web browsing; this uses random page generation to pollute, or make a "smokescreen" over your browser history. Also, putting the wait time too low can cause crashes, denial-of-service to yourself, and difficulty to stop the script.

Credits

Brushed Alum pattern, Tim Ward

Raleway Font, Google Fonts, Multiple Designers

Original source code, Keeganjk