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How to record your online activity

Author(s): Mati Roy | Branched: 2019-03-05 | Updated: 2019-03-05 | Contributions: open to everyone | Status: notes, medium organized

Also see:

https://www.facebook.com/mati.roy.09/posts/10157939796454579⁠

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Archiving links I visit

Code something to extract such a list of websites from my browsing history, and then find a way to upload that list to free archiving services (every month say). It could even be an extension eventually, so maybe I should program it in Javascript, and put it available for free on GitHub.

Archive webpage:

https://pinboard.in/tour/⁠

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https://github.com/pirate/bookmark-archiver⁠

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https://github.com/webrecorder/webrecorder⁠

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No way to automatically request the Wayback Machine to archive a full domain.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Using_the_Wayback_Machine#JavaScript_bookmarklet⁠

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I've done the same here (in batch):

http://www.webcitation.org/comb⁠

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http://www.gwern.net/Archiving-URLs⁠

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Look at:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive⁠

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https://www.dpconline.org/handbook⁠

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http://coptr.digipres.org/Main_Page⁠

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https://www.archivematica.org/en/⁠

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSpace⁠

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOCKSS⁠

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Nic: <<

But none of the managed/service options that I have seen explicitly state a guarantee to keep all the data. And I do not think that the internet archive will migrate or emulate web content to make sure that current content format that is obsolete in the future is still accessible in the future.

Also it looks like most digital preservation efforts are targeted at saving general cultural information or information of organizations. And most solutions for organizations have a cost greater than CAD 1000 paid per year if they manage the data.

If I could start an organization for this, I would try to make sure to address those issues

Archive my public content

And ideally maintain its discoverability.

URL checklist

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https://archive.org/⁠

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http://archive.fo/⁠

http://archive.is/⁠

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https://cachedviews.com/⁠

(Google)

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http://webcitation.org/archive⁠

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https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=ArchiveBot⁠

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Notes

Other services, but that cost money:

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https://www.pagefreezer.com/⁠

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https://www.webpreserver.com/⁠

(<- for legal evidence; see

Electronic Discovery⁠

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Create own archive system:

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Pagefreezer⁠

Actiance ⁠

and

Socialware ⁠

all offer archiving services that comply with the relevant regulations although they all vary in their level of provision.

From Brian Tomasik:

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Downloading Websites for Backup⁠

(2017)

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Some tips on backing up your data⁠

(2016)

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Backing Up Your Data against Geomagnetic Storms and EMPs⁠

(2016)

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Archiving data on Blu-ray discs⁠

(2018)

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Backing Up a WordPress Website on Paper⁠

(2016)

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https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Main_Page⁠

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https://github.com/gwern/archiver-bot⁠

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https://github.com/gwern/archive-text-urls⁠

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Youtube history

afaik:

1) takeout your youtube data

2) go to \Takeout\YouTube and YouTube Music\history\watch-history.html

3) send this list to a virtual assistant (can send it to me at ask@pantask.com) and ask them to create a unlisted playlist

4) use an online tool to download youtube playlist

i would test with incrementally larger playlists to make sure it works

you could also have a computer program that removes music from your search history csv file, and removes duplicates as well

Other

Log my activity on the computer:

http://loggerman.org/⁠

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Have screenshots of what I’m doing on digital devices

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https://www.online-tech-tips.com/free-software-downloads/capture-screenshots-at-defined-time-intervals-automatically/⁠

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Have a keylogger

Download:

Google history

Facebook data

Etc.

Screencast O Matic can record screen + webcam & audio.

Search your history:

https://www.wired.com/2014/11/fetching-io/⁠

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(read) personal biographer, alternative diary, avatar generator:

http://eterni.me/⁠

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Check this for referencing:

https://paperpile.com/welcome⁠

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Consider. Connect Google drive docs to GitHub?

Meeting

Skype? (+OBS); Zoom

Use a splitcam to give access to the webcam to more than 1 app (ex.: FB and OBS)

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https://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-split-a-webcam-between-multiple-applications-easily/⁠

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