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So what does that 19.96 number actually mean? Can anyone explain
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« Reply #41 on: May 21, 2010, 02:33:45 PM » |
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So what does that 19.96 number actually mean? Can anyone explain
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Its currently the maximum amount of bits that the program is willing to count. The cap seems to be rising slowly over time, but I dont know what specifically makes it rise. |
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« Reply #42 on: May 22, 2010, 02:35:36 AM » |
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But they're called "bits of identifying information" so surley fewer would be better?
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wait, what?
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« Reply #43 on: May 22, 2010, 03:18:07 AM » |
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I think it largely depends on the average "bits of identifying information" that people have. Even if yours is low, if most people have some more bits than you do, you should still have higher chance of being unique. Well, that's my guess anyway.
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« Reply #44 on: May 22, 2010, 03:29:32 AM » |
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Also, wouldn't being unique also be bad? Because it means you can be more eaisily singled out and traced? I'm simply trying to understand the system here, if anyone has ant more knowelege than me, and not just inferred half truths (again, like me lol) then please tell me. I'm mightily confused...
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« Reply #45 on: May 22, 2010, 03:41:39 AM » |
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In actually, bits dont mean a damned thing, its sort of like a fun fact that they throw in there just as an FYI. The more relavent part is your 1 in xxx people, which shows your uniqueness overall...which is bad.
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« Reply #46 on: May 22, 2010, 03:47:16 AM » |
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So a lower xxx is better?
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« Reply #47 on: May 22, 2010, 07:14:29 PM » |
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Right. If you're 1 in 1,000,000, they can track you among a million other people. If it's 1 in 2, they can't identify you from the next bloke that visits their site.
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« Reply #48 on: May 22, 2010, 09:19:27 PM » |
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Right. If you're 1 in 1,000,000, they can track you among a million other people. If it's 1 in 2, they can't identify you from the next bloke that visits their site.
More like, if its 1 in 2, there's a 50 percent chance they can differentiate you and the guy next to you. At one in a million their chances of not being able to differentiate you two is about .0001 percent. |
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« Reply #49 on: May 23, 2010, 12:15:02 AM » |
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On other hand, Google just started offering secure searches on their engine (SSL). More secure searches! Now I can search for stuff I didn't want others to know of.  Here I come, Barbie dolls! |
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« Reply #50 on: May 23, 2010, 12:27:07 AM » |
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Now I can search for stuff I didn't want others to know of. Except Google. They know everything. They have all your shames saved in their servers. They just need a reason. |
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« Reply #51 on: May 23, 2010, 01:28:08 AM » |
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This is all part of their plan to take over.
Also, it is a good thing to be unique despite the consequences because...
That's indie.
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« Reply #52 on: May 23, 2010, 09:40:59 AM » |
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I assume all my shames.
Also: all true paranoids will not click on that OP link. Just saying.
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« Reply #53 on: May 23, 2010, 09:45:10 AM » |
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yup, i didn't
i can guess how it works though from the thread; sounds pretty clever
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« Reply #54 on: May 23, 2010, 10:19:46 AM » |
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« Reply #55 on: May 23, 2010, 10:38:04 AM » |
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Haha, tree dick.
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« Reply #56 on: May 23, 2010, 11:47:54 AM » |
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And now you're no longer a virgin.
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« Reply #57 on: May 23, 2010, 11:33:03 PM » |
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Yeah, no one's really anonymous on the Internet, but as long as you make sure not to talk to crazy people, you'll be fine.
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« Reply #58 on: May 24, 2010, 10:01:21 AM » |
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Unless the reptilians decide you're an insurgent.
They'll rape your mind with their zeta beams.
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