Obfuscation: How Leaving a Trail of Confusion Can Beat Online Surveillance

Julia Powles

Obfuscation: How Leaving a Trail of Confusion Can Beat Online Surveillance

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Abstract

The art of obfuscation has a grand history, from ‘I’m Spartacus!’ to ghost radar in WWII. Could the same blurred approach give us more freedom online?

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Guardian
Publisher	The Guardian
Publication status	Published - 24 Oct 2015
Externally published	Yes

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