Can't Stop the Signal. Poison It
rmadriz
53 points
18 comments
June 14, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (7 comments)
TheChaplain
Not often you encounter a site that makes scrolling choppy.
gruez
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.
initramfs
https://marcusb.org/hacks/quixotic.html more lightweight than this anvil
manithree
I like the idea (hate the site), but what does it do to my battery life?
tsol
This is a cool idea, I like it.
Esophagus4
Similar idea: https://adnauseam.io/
waterTanuki
I've been telling people since 2018 that any and all attempts to "hide" from data collection is a pointless endeavor unless you're willing to live solo out in the woods. The future of privacy rests in poisoning the well of information about yourself, which is why I regularly and randomly make google searches for things I have no interest in and places I will never go or haven't been, prompts for topics pulled out of a hat, and shopping sites for things I don't want or need.