https://github.com/sotiriosvrachas/metadata-histogram
A seven day laptop usage physical profile. What can the timestamps alone of the metadata that I generating simply by using a computer reveal about me?
https://github.com/sotiriosvrachas/metadata-histogram
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A seven day laptop usage physical profile. What can the timestamps alone of the metadata that I generating simply by using a computer reveal about me?
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/sotiriosvrachas/metadata-histogram
- Owner: SotiriosVrachas
- License: other
- Created: 2017-02-02T17:43:24.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2017-02-06T12:33:31.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-11T03:01:19.309Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: analysis, metadata, privacy, profiling
- Homepage:
- Size: 1.68 MB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Metadata Histogram
A seven day laptop usage physical profile. What can the timestamps alone of the metadata that I generating simply by using a computer reveal about me?
## Documentation
ABS used: 51g
Printing time: ~4 Hr.
Software Stack: Debian GNU/Linux, FreeCAD, LibreOffice Calc, Inkscape, Blender
(for CGI)
### How it was done
```
sudo zcat /var/log/syslog.7.gz | awk -F':' '{print $1}' >> log
sudo zcat /var/log/syslog.6.gz | awk -F':' '{print $1}' >> log
sudo zcat /var/log/syslog.5.gz | awk -F':' '{print $1}' >> log
sudo zcat /var/log/syslog.4.gz | awk -F':' '{print $1}' >> log
sudo zcat /var/log/syslog.3.gz | awk -F':' '{print $1}' >> log
sudo zcat /var/log/syslog.2.gz | awk -F':' '{print $1}' >> log
sudo awk -F':' '{print $1}' /var/log/syslog.1 >> log
sudo awk -F':' '{print $1}' /var/log/syslog >> log
uniq -c log > logfreq
```
Then logfreq > chart.ods > data formating > chart.svg > lines to closed paths > waves.svg > waves.fcstd > extrude paths > wave*.stl
## Wanted features
Day 1 and 2 are missing the activity that happen around 23:00 due to shorter
data ranges in calc.
Shorter process.
Commands for other log types. Git and Thunderbird store similar metadata
but for a longer period of time.
There is a 15 minute gap at day 7 around the time that I captured the data. I added the rest of the data for that day afterwards and added an estimated value to that slot. My logs start at 8:00 every day so I had to capture data twice to get a full dataset.
## License
[Metadata Histogram](http://www.vrachas.com/metadata-histogram) by [Sotirios Vrachas](http://www.vrachas.com/) is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
## Inspiration
"I search, therefore I am" Workshop with [Kyriaki Goni](http://kyriakigoni.com)