Hello,

I have recently decided to take on the project of writing a utility that
deceives spyware and websites that obtain and sell private information.
I've written the preliminary outline for the code (sketched out the
object classes for C# code) but I still have a lot of questions about
its central mechanisms. Please respond if you can help.

The first mechanism is rather simple - the utility will write fake
cookies so that websites will obtain misinformation about what website
was viewed previously. I'm using Firefox source to learn about how
browsers store and organize cookies.

The second mechanism is tougher - it will require sending misinformation
about personal data to potential spyware processes (fake addresses,
etc). For this, I will need to look at source code for spyware, or at
least get a specific idea of what spyware looks for. So if you have
source code or reverse-engineered code for known spyware processes,
please send them to me.

The third mechanism is the toughest - I am trying to learn how consumer
database information (like http://www.studentlist.com) is stored so that
misinformation can be sent to those databases as well. I imagine that
most of these databases are sent information from people who use more
invasive procedures (like the ones listed above), but if you know of any
ways that these companies obtain and store data automatically, I would
love to know about it.

Thank you.

M.