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Can't Stop the Signal. Poison It

33 pointsby rmadriztoday at 12:15 PM13 commentsview on HN

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grueztoday at 2:22 PM

Wasn't there a startup that basically did this, but instead of for privacy purposes, it was for creating fake influencer profiles you could use for marketing campaigns? This project feels like a great way to get your accounts banned from various platforms, because this is basically doing that, and platforms have at least a vague interest in banning such things. It tries to hide itself, but doesn't do a good job at it. MockLocationProvider can be easily detected, and so can UA/canvas spoofing. All of this basically screams "I'm running a bot farm", so expect it to be first in line when sites want to do a bot crackdown.

TheChaplaintoday at 1:58 PM

Not often you encounter a site that makes scrolling choppy.

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initramfstoday at 2:32 PM

https://marcusb.org/hacks/quixotic.html more lightweight than this anvil

tsoltoday at 4:56 PM

This is a cool idea, I like it.

manithreetoday at 2:32 PM

I like the idea (hate the site), but what does it do to my battery life?

nutifafatoday at 2:44 PM

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