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I sort of want a client that does the exact opposite. Click on all ads in the background and provide bogus randomized client data, in essence costing companies

I sort of want a client that does the exact opposite. Click on all ads in the background and provide bogus randomized client data, in essence costing companies money for no gain and rendering advertising useless.

barbariangrunge 3y ago
It exists as a plug-in, google it. I fixed a bug in it once actually but forget the project name, there are two plugins like it
- ChoGGi 3y ago
  AdNauseam I didn't know there was another, hopefully someone will mention it?
  - SpaghettiCthulu 3y ago
    As much as I like adnauseam's mission, it seems to hide ads less reliably than ublock origin. I'd imagine some need to be visible for the click spoofing to work?
  - im3w1l 3y ago
    > Google has removed ad blocking and privacy extension AdNauseam from its Chrome Web Store, and has taken the unusual step of flagging the extension as malware, thereby preventing AdNauseam from being used by those who have installed the software via Chrome's developer mode. Available for firefox and chromium-based browsers though.
- pleb_nz 3y ago
  Don't google it, look it up with an alternative search engine,
spondylosaurus 3y ago
Tools like this exist, but by using them you run the risk of having your IP flagged by anti-fraud tools and potentially blacklisted. Not because those tools have an issue with the specific tools involved, but because that kind of behavior makes it look like you're running a click farm. It could also have negative repercussions for the sites whose ads you're "clicking" on, but whether that's a pro or a con depends on your opinion of each site :P
- Nextgrid 3y ago
  Isn't this actually good? If advertisers and other malicious actors preemptively block me for "fraud" it would be very much welcome.
  - spondylosaurus 3y ago
    The problem is those blocklists sometimes get shared with other companies doing more broad bot management stuff, which could end up getting you blocked (or soft blocked) from other forms of content. Trying to log in to your streaming platform of choice? Have fun solving three extra CAPTCHAs because your IP has a history of "bot" activity. etc etc etc

barbariangrunge 3y ago

It exists as a plug-in, google it. I fixed a bug in it once actually but forget the project name, there are two plugins like it

ChoGGi 3y ago
AdNauseam I didn't know there was another, hopefully someone will mention it?
- SpaghettiCthulu 3y ago
  As much as I like adnauseam's mission, it seems to hide ads less reliably than ublock origin. I'd imagine some need to be visible for the click spoofing to work?
- im3w1l 3y ago
  > Google has removed ad blocking and privacy extension AdNauseam from its Chrome Web Store, and has taken the unusual step of flagging the extension as malware, thereby preventing AdNauseam from being used by those who have installed the software via Chrome's developer mode. Available for firefox and chromium-based browsers though.
pleb_nz 3y ago
Don't google it, look it up with an alternative search engine,

spondylosaurus 3y ago

Tools like this exist, but by using them you run the risk of having your IP flagged by anti-fraud tools and potentially blacklisted. Not because those tools have an issue with the specific tools involved, but because that kind of behavior makes it look like you're running a click farm. It could also have negative repercussions for the sites whose ads you're "clicking" on, but whether that's a pro or a con depends on your opinion of each site :P

Nextgrid 3y ago
Isn't this actually good? If advertisers and other malicious actors preemptively block me for "fraud" it would be very much welcome.
- spondylosaurus 3y ago
  The problem is those blocklists sometimes get shared with other companies doing more broad bot management stuff, which could end up getting you blocked (or soft blocked) from other forms of content. Trying to log in to your streaming platform of choice? Have fun solving three extra CAPTCHAs because your IP has a history of "bot" activity. etc etc etc