SoftID

Motivation and Approach

SoftID is a system which seeks to allow users to take advantage of ubiquitous web tracking. To this end, we aim to understand the recommendations provided to users, including how they change over time and compare to other users.

In order to study this, we have developed browser plugins for Firefox and Chrome that collect anonymous recommendations from a number of sites. Simply install the plugin and it will take care of the rest!

Software

To install, simply download the plugin,

and open it from your browser (clicking the link in Firefox may bring up a message that says "Firefox prevented this site from asking you to install software on your computer", simply press "Allow"), following the browser instructions to install the plugin.

When properly installed, a small button will appear to the right of your address bar. Clicking this button will provide additional information about the plugin.

People