Is there more software that, like TrackMeNot and AdNauseam, generate random internet activity so as to reduce the accuracy of any profiles tracking companies keep about you? E.g. software that carries out complete plausible-looking surfing journeys in the background: not just issuing searches (like TrackMeNot) and following ads (like AdNauseam), but also clicking on other links, scrolling, going back, perhaps even watching a YouTube video every once in a while and browsing Facebook? (All this, of course, respectful of the environment and the limited resources of small projects.) Or apps for the smartphone to generate false but plausible-looking position data and the like?
(Background: As many of you know, trackmenot is a browser extension that enhances your privacy by generating random search queries in the background, watering out the profiles that Google, Microsoft (and Yahoo, Baidu and AOL) have of you. It’s available in the Firefox extension store; whereas for Chrome, Google has banned it from its store for unfathomable reasons. There’s also AdNauseam, which works towards the same goal by randomly clicking ads in the background.)
Funny thing that I found out is that you actually have to have advertisements allowed on your network for it to work. LOL