Firefox Addon: Dark Side of the Prism

[TalkingDog]

When visiting any URLs that have been (publicly) targeted by Prism, a small notification will appear alerting that this site is being surveilled. You will then be presented with an ethereal Pink Floyd track from the "Dark Side of the Moon" album.

http://projects.justinblinder.com/Dark-side-of-the-Prism

For the addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dark-side-of-the-prism/

[L0oniX]

1. Necessity is the mother of invention. Will anyone get busted for interfering with an investigation?

[TalkingDog]

2. Well, it's only notifying you when you are visiting a (known) Prism site.

It's not blocking anything. Tor is good for that though. I use Ghostery to stop trackers. Though I'm not sure how well it would work against NSA queries.

For instance, according to Ghostery, Google Analytics and Google AdSense are trying to track my movements on DU. I use AdBan and AdBlock, so no worries about accidentally clicking a link that might take me somewhere that I don't want to be associated with.

How much that thwarts Nosy NSA Parkers, I have no idea. But it can't hurt.

[nebenaube]

12. Tor

is a fucking honeypot...

[BrotherIvan]

17. Please elaborate for the ignorant

is it only for PC?

[TalkingDog]

19. Proof? I don't disbelieve you. I just don't take your word.

And I prefer solutions to sniping. So if you've got a bug free suggestion, we're breathless with anticipation.

[nebenaube]

21. Just read about the history of it's development...

[lumberjack_jeff]

22. I don't think that this is fair.

Tor is funded partly by the State Department because they see it as in our interests that the citizens of foreign countries are able to proxy their way around the firewalls that some countries erect on the internet.

Domestically, I don't think they care because it's simple enough to identify specific computers, proxied or not.

But honestly, I didn't know this until your post.

[nebenaube]

23. exactly...

yet people think they are anonymous and hence incriminate themselves in that self delusion.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. that was fast....n/t

[City Lights]

4. Haha, yup! nt

[MotherPetrie]

5. Thank for posting that...

[Timbuk3]

6. OK, but

...how do you uninstall it?

EVERY freakin' site on the internet is being monitored by the NSA?

[Electric Monk]

7. In Firefox, go to Preferences -> General, then click Manage Add-Ons

then select Extensions, and click the Remove (or Disable, if you prefer) button next to the add-on you want removed/disabled.

[Timbuk3]

8. I can't find it

Since every page I open is being spied on, I get a "round" of Pink Floyd, which may be the point, but PLEASE help me turn it off!

[Timbuk3]

10. Thanks (snark)

Firefox isn't usable since I installed this script.

[Electric Monk]

11. Try closing every Firefox window except one, then do what I suggested above. nt

[Snarkoleptic]

9. I like it, but would prefer to see the icon vs. audio notification.

Big Pink Floyd fan, but the jumbled audio is a bit much.

[nebenaube]

14. I believe the point is that the Internet is unusable.

and the new economy, you know the one that threatened the old economy by killing off so many middle men and leveling the playing field; is officially dead.

[LTR]

20. I agree

The problem with some of these apps is they like to constantly announce their presence. The ideal ones are lightweight, unobtrusive and practically invisible. AdBlock for Firefox is a good example of this. As much as I like Pink Floyd, I prefer my add-ons make NO sound.

[Quantess]

13. RT article on it is pretty good:

http://rt.com/usa/prism-floyd-nsa-surveillance-723/

[nebenaube]

15. you know...

if anything changes, Snowden is a Messiah.

[DeSwiss]

16. Of course DU's on it. - K&R! n/t

[bananas]

18. It doesn't seem to be working for me. nt