[tbb-bugs] #30809 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Feature Request: Big Data/AI Prevention

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#30809: Feature Request: Big Data/AI Prevention
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 Reporter:  goldenchild  |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  project      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium       |      Component:  Applications/Tor Browser
  Version:               |       Severity:  Normal
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 Below is described the popup that the user would get:

 "A Google Recaptcha has been detected on this page. Would you like to
 prevent Google using information you provide on this page to possibly
 train self-driving cars, and other Google products?

 If you answer yes, this utility will garble Google's request in a
 structured way that will conform with other user who are doing the same,
 hence you will still pass the recaptcha (although it may take longer). So
 instead of identifying cars you will identify numerous other things that
 might not be cars.

 You can switch this ability on or off at anytime.

 Garble the Request / Don't garble"

 This is the recommended way to garble it that conforms to messages being
 spread around the internet lately.

 crosswalks => heavy vehicles, taxis and painted markings on the road that
 are not crossings.
 buses => cars, bushes, traffic lights
 cars => crosswalks, traffic lights and fire hydrants
 traffic lights => bushes (human size or smaller) and dark cars
 taxis => light coloured cars that are NOT taxis, small bushes
 motorbikes => traffic lights, trees, bushes, and crossings
 storefronts => select trees, dark vehicles and windows of tall buildings.

 Fire hydrants == fire hydrant (if not enough people are using this method,
 getting this correct is seen as the least pervasive thing)
 Bikes == bikes (as above)

 The resource that I found didn't say anything about chimnies, stairs,
 bridges, hills and mountains, so if the team wishes they might want to
 construct their own obfuscations for those?

 This is a compelling idea. I personally do not like the idea of self-
 driving cars so I am already using this methodoogy, if more people adopt
 it then I will be more anonymised.

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