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AdNauseam is a uBlock fork that goes further: it actively attacks marketers by auto-clicking every ad before blocking (adnauseam.io)
submitted 2 months ago by joshchandra@midwest.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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It garbles advertisers' data as a result, but you must disable uBlock Origin to run it; they can't work simultaneously. I recently moved to it and, so far, am never looking back!

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[-] Tja@programming.dev 44 points 2 months ago

That's not how IP addresses work.

[-] yarr@feddit.nl 15 points 2 months ago

What if we use a Visual Basic UI to hack the IP address by netmask?

[-] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago

Yes, but this only works if you connect your VPN via 3 block chain proxies.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

.

[-] randamumaki@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Feed it SQL injections?

[-] Evil_incarnate@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

Have it form connections to all the other browsers using the extension and they all send a click.

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

now you've broken the law by creating a botnet.

[-] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Naw, it’s an MMORPG.

[-] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 2 points 2 months ago

Is the botnet itself breaking the law or is breaking the law with a botnet breaking the law?

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I'm pretty sure it's not a botnet until it's used as one or the intent of it is to be used in the same way a botnet is used.

[-] 7toed@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

Okay okay, how about a counter that is updated with each user clicking on an ad, and the client can decide what they want to do with that information, totally not a botnet right?

[-] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

It just changes the user agent instead...

[-] pebbles@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You can fake your IP. There isnt really any authentication at the IP level. Just make a packet and overwite the IP field.

Edit: I was corrected. The TCP handshake requires you to have a valid IP you can respond from. So even though you can fake your IP, you can't use that to talk to most websites.

[-] Tja@programming.dev 12 points 2 months ago

You need a TCP handshake prior to sending any http payload.

[-] pebbles@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Oh yeah. Forgot about that.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

Nothing is random

In bot cases like this you would have a proxy list that it “randomly” picks from

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