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# googerteller
Audible feedback on just how much your browsing feeds into Google.
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By bert@hubertnet.nl / https://berthub.eu/
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Demo video [in this tweet](https://twitter.com/bert_hu_bert/status/1561466204602220544)
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## How to compile
You need a C++ compiler like `gcc-c++` and CMake for compiling the binary.
You also need to install `libpcaudio` (`libpcaudio-dev` on Debian/Ubuntu, `pcaudiolib-devel` on Fedora/Red Hat).
Then run:
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```
cmake .
make
```
## How to run
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```
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sudo tcpdump -n -l dst net 192.0.2.1/32 $(for a in $(cat goog-prefixes.txt); do echo or dst net $a; done) | ./teller
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```
And then cry.
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## Problems
If `tcpdump` complains about `Warning: Kernel filter failed: Cannot allocate memory`, try
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this first:
```
sudo sysctl net.core.optmem_max=204800
```
## Data source
The list of Google services IP addresses can be found on [this Google
support page](https://support.google.com/a/answer/10026322?hl=en).
Note that this splits out Google services and Google cloud user IP
addresses.