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This seems pretty neat, but is it even legal? At what point does something like this become an actual crime (unauthorized computer access)? Sending fake data seems like automated hacking.

Don't get me wrong. I like this. I think that tracking and pervasive analytics are a net loss for society.

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I don't see how it's illegal.. there's no unauthorized access. The analytics servers open a port for the browser to send data to. This extension sends data to it.

It's the servers problem that it trusts the data that the frontend sends to it.

At least in US courts, this line of reasoning does not save the defendant in a hacking case IIRC.

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