googerteller: an audible feedback on just how much your browsing feeds into google

Pantherina , 4 months ago

Damn, just used the real googerteller.

1. Install gcc git cmake
2. Clone the repo with git
3. cmake . and make
4. sudo tcpdump -nql | ./teller

I ran "degoogled" Chromium, but just with some policies, the Fedora version.

• Pings to Google when I open the "select account" page
• when viewing the password manager entries
• when opening an Addons dropdown menu?? Ublock Origin?
• when creating a new user, when deleting it
• when using Signal desktop, every second

Brave:

• not in the profile selection
• when loading the installed addons, a looot

Omg

corvus OP , 4 months ago

I also ran it while browsing with ungoogled-chromiun in Debian with ublock origin in "strick mode" and there wasn't a single sound. I didn't try your tests but I have a lot of google domains that I added over the years in the uBO rules to block them, like googleapis and stuff like that.

Pantherina , 4 months ago

Nice!

I use Secureblue which uses the Fedora-packaged Chromium. It has pretty fast updates and bundled SELinux rules, which is always important.

Secureblue now uses a policy to block a lot of surface Google stuff, but I can imagine how that doesnt cover the tight Google Integration everywhere...

Fedora fixed Firefox so now it accepts using a different memory allocator, in this case hardened_malloc (from GrapheneOS). So I will be able to use Firefox again! (Before it just crashed)

Chromium is not even nice. Tab groups are cool, and the compact interface and CSD decorations with hitbox in the very edge. But the rest is just copied Firefox.

Brave breaks Sites randomly and is full of bloat. Compiling it without all those modules may be an option but if we want a good, fast, memory safe Browser with an independent Addon store... there needs to come something else.

eatthecake , 4 months ago

Why isn't it called a googercounter

scrion , 4 months ago

👏

VolunTerry , 4 months ago

eatthecake, they clearly need you on the marketing team, stat.

starman , 4 months ago

Is there something like this for android?

corvus OP , 4 months ago

There isn't AFAIK, but there is a Firefox add-on that I guess it should work on android at least for web browsing.

Atelopus-zeteki , 4 months ago

That's an hilarious add-on. Like a google Geiger counter. Thanks for sharing it.

starman , 4 months ago

Thanks!

lukecooperatus , 4 months ago

Something like this would be cool for ublock origin too, with a sound pinging whenever an ad is blocked; could be fun.

THEDAEMON , 4 months ago

Will get annoying fast though .

Kir , 4 months ago

fascinating