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The AdNauseam thing is neat. I didn't know about that one.
It does have its flaws though. For example, if you use uBlock Origin, your browser's requests to the ad networks' servers never make it.
If you use AdNauseam, the requests do make it. This means the ad networks will get your IP address, what page you were on, browser fingerprints, etc.
Essentially, you spam click ads, but at the cost of... giving them all the data they'd normally get if you didn't have an ad blocker and spam clicked ads.
Most of these networks can filter out obvious bot behavior like just clicking every single ad repeatedly, so at the end of the day it's unlikely to do much harm to them, but it sure as hell will give them a lot of trackable data about your browsing history.
I do believe it's more effective when the extension is set to only click ads somewhat occasionally though. Enough to drain extra money, while still just looking like a person that tends to click ads more frequently than others, instead of clicking every single one.
thank you for this analysis and information. it's a neat extension and i was considering installing it, but an adblocker is a crucial part of browser security especially when running windows. i have to invent something weird and then do a proper backup, and then i think i'm going to try mint finally but like, every time i set foot outside lately it starts raining. it's some rain god/portland bullshit. i wouldn't mind, but i put jeans on. seems like my luck lately, as soon as i install mint, some major malware will be released that ups all the fuck on linux. i am doing y'all a favor yes the universe does too revolve around me it's not bullshit i'm pulling out my ass my therapist would not have a field day with this. the kind of shit i have to get up to to maintain proper internet opsec it could drive a person sane.
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it sounds great, sure. but it's entirely pointless. at best you're wasting fractions of a penny of the advertisers money. you're not "poisoning" your data. if you click on every ad they show you, it becomes obvious what you're attempting and they just start showing you generic ads based on your gender and demographic.
many of these advertisers brag about having thousands of data points on every person. they won't be fooled by tricks like these.
It does seem like an idea that could be improved on, I would love a poisoning the well extension or even browser mode.
the problem is, corporations like Google or Apple, depending on which mobile phone you use, already know everything about you. they know your age, your preferred gender identity, and where you live. that alone is enough for them to make very good guesses at the kinds of things you would be interested in. but the information they have on you goes much further than that.
trying to poison the well just through a single browser extension doesn't do anything to change the data they have on you. especially since you can't poison all the data they're collecting on you. that extension might not even work on mobile, and even if it does, most of the information they collect doesn't come through your browsing habits, it comes from the things you do in the apps you use.
If you use an Android device, go to "Location permissions", identify CUSTOMIZATION SERVICES (should be a system app) and deny all privileges. Your battery life will improve significantly.
that works for apps, but it doesn't work for google services. you cannot turn off location services for google's core services if you use a stock ROM.
this is a good idea, but i think i'd rather be generic than what they think i am now. well... i need to consider. the identity i have tied to my current address and name that i assume they actually think is me, they also think is a radiation oncologist for some reason, which (i think) is the cancer MD who does the actual radiation treatment. that identity makes (or should make) far, far more money than i do. what the fuck, me. way to drop the ball. [just as a note, the algorithm thinks this because i did a shitton of medical research myself, like i was deeply involved in medical education so i got a med school curriculum and syllabi and textbooks and educated myself so i could better explain myself in exhaustive and exhausting technical language to the MDs i was having to educate. why a radiation oncologist specifically? fuck if i know.] the algorithm thinking i am a fancy rich doctor might help me buy a house.
It is just using clock cycles and bandwidth on your side. Online advertising hasn’t worked like that in well over a decade.
Neither did I. Just installed it