ScareMail

Makes email "scary" in order to disrupt NSA surveillance

What is ScareMail?

ScareMail is a Chrome extension that adds algorithmically generated narratives to email signatures, acting as a trap for NSA surveillance programs. Each email's story is unique, avoiding automated filtering by NSA search systems.

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By: https://bengrosser.com

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Users: 110 ▲ 5

Rating: 3.67 (12)

Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2013-10-02)

Creation date: 2013-10-01

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Size: 1.05M

Email: bg*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 63255 ▲ 797

Other rankings

#5734 in Social Networking ▲ 26 #227 in story keyword 33 ▼ 4

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Summary

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ScareMail makes email "scary" in order to disrupt NSA surveillance. Extending Google's Gmail, the work adds to every new email's signature an algorithmically generated narrative containing a collection of probable NSA search terms. This "story" acts as a trap for NSA programs like PRISM and XKeyscore, forcing them to look at nonsense. Each email's story is unique in an attempt to avoid automated filtering by NSA search systems.