ICYMI: AdLeaks

25 October 2017

Looking for a way to get dedicated readers to un-block some of the ads on your site? One way could be to update and integrate the AdLeaks system:

Our ads contain code that encrypts an empty message with the AdLeaks public key and sends the ciphertext back to AdLeaks. This happens on all users' web browsers. A whistleblower's browser substitutes the ciphertext with encrypted parts of a disclosure. The protocol ensures that an adversary who can eavesdrop on the network communication cannot distinguish between the transmissions of regular browsers and those of whistleblowers' browsers.

More info in the paper: That link goes to the Arxiv Vanity version of the paper. Now that we can read more Science on our phones I'm expecting the rate of progress toward the Singularity to increase by quite a bit. A Secure Submission System for Online Whistleblowing Platforms

Naturally sites would want to encourage whistleblowers (and others) to block the regular creepy ad trackers—but building post-creepy ads and hooking this up to them could be a way to encourage the dedicated readers to treat the high-reputation ads differently from the low-reputation ones.