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https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#how-does-adnause... You seem more knowledgeable in how browsers and js work than me. Does the below text still mean that AdNausem is downloading and running all the advertising JS? Here's what's…

comment by wafflemaker · 2026-05-07 · in Chrome removes claim of On-device Al not sending data to Google Servers

…it is completely safe, AdNauseam's clicking behaviour can be de-activated in the settings panel. https://github.com/dhowe/adnauseam/wiki/FAQ#how-does-adnause...

comment by wafflemaker · 2025-12-08 · in How I block all online ads

…a botnet would be able to easily make millions of fake clicks with a few lines of javascript. [1] https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#how-does-adnause...

comment by gruez · 2025-12-08 · in How I block all online ads

…I wonder if there’s a way to click on big corp ads only... Edit: ¹ – added scare quotes, see https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#how-does-adnause...

comment by notpushkin · 2025-12-08 · in How I block all online ads

Happening with AdNauseum enabled too: https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/issues/2692

comment by mc_ · 2025-11-03 · in Tell HN: Ublock Origin stopped working with Youtube

Just mentioning AdNauseam, which clicks on all ads in the background to poison the data. https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam

comment by brokenmachine · 2025-01-09 · in Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry

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story by stefankuehnel · 2024-12-29 · 0 comments

…the user wasn't pestered by ads, advertisers would get completely bogus click through data. https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam

comment by squarefoot · 2024-06-13 · in Please maintain eye contact for the duration of the ad

https://www.firefox.com https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam

comment by Larrikin · 2024-05-05 · in Vera Rubin's primary mirror gets its first reflective coating

…the request to ad server but does not execute any response from the server, so it's safe to run https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#how-does-adnause...

comment by brennoflavio · 2023-11-02 · in YouTube's ad blocker crackdown is getting harder to dodge

> https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#how-does-adnause... >AdNauseam 'clicks' Ads by issuing an HTTP request to the URL to which they lead. In current versions the is done via an XMLHttpRequest (or AJAX request) issued in a…

comment by gruez · 2023-08-23 · in AdNauseam: uBlock Origin fork silently clicking ads on behalf of users

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story by 3np · 2023-08-23 · 152 comments

Yes https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam and it's a fork of the open-source uBlock Origin.

comment by hot_gril · 2023-08-22 · in Noiszy: A browser plugin that creates meaningless web data – digital “noise.”

…ads in a way that prevents adnauseum from clicking them first, bummer. (followed instructions here: https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/Install-AdNauseam-on... ) Edit: hmm, I can't seem to get the number to go above 0 for brave or…

comment by __MatrixMan__ · 2023-02-21 · in AdNauseam – clicking ads so you don't have to

…oftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/adnauseam/... - Source and instructions for installing on Chrome: https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam Note that Google removed AdNauseam from their Chrome Store for interfering with their ad business. The…

comment by jeroenhd · 2023-01-06 · in Please Sell My Personal Information

…companies that are getting fooled by this are upstarts that haven't added fraud detection yet. https://github.com/dhowe/adnauseam/wiki/FAQ#how-does-adnause...

comment by gruez · 2022-07-17 · in Facebook has started to encrypt links to counter privacy-improving URL Stripping

https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam

comment by dang-guefever · 2021-09-28 · in Sirubo: Packet filtering to block Google and Facebook tracking

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story by notRobot · 2021-09-07 · 0 comments

…I uninstalled Adnauseam because I see ads. Turns out Peter Lowe's list is unsupported on purpose: https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/issues/999

comment by kubanczyk · 2021-03-30 · in Giant Ship Is Moved To and Fro to Break Suction: Suez Update

The "Why" section of the AdNauseam FAQ has some good thoughts on this: https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#does-the-project... e.g. "We believe obfuscation is an important form of resistance to data tyranny. It can frustrate…

comment by nickvincent · 2021-03-05 · in How to poison the data that Big Tech uses to surveil you

…not for everyone. If your goal is primarily self-protection, this tool may not be for you... [1]: https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#isnt-it-safer-ju...

comment by boogies · 2020-11-21 · in Cover Your Tracks

They deny this, but I have no idea how accurate the denial is. https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#does-adnauseams-...

comment by beervirus · 2020-09-08 · in Ad Fraud on LinkedIn

…it difficult for regular users to install it on Chrome. https://adnauseam.io/free-adnauseam.html https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/Install-AdNauseam-on...

comment by pier25 · 2020-01-23 · in “This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server”

…regardless when you click the developer mode toggle. When installed manually with the steps on https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/Install-AdNauseam-on... the extension loads fine.

comment by zamadatix · 2019-10-13 · in Previously rejected uBlock Origin Has Been Approved for the Chrome Web Store

Someone just posted this to HN: AdNauseam[0]. It appears to describe what you say. [0] https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam

comment by teamspirit · 2019-05-30 · in Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

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story by abc-xyz · 2019-05-30 · 63 comments

Chrome banned it, but you can still install it. They link to https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/Install-AdNauseam-on...

comment by nielsbot · 2019-03-01 · in AdNauseam – clicking ads so you don't have to

…suveillance captialism companies? It's been done :) http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1873/IWPE17_paper_23.pdf https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ

comment by dontbenebby · 2019-02-22 · in Mark Zuckerberg Promised a Clear History Tool Almost a Year Ago

…Clicking all ads all the time would definitely be conspicuous. Then I found this on their FAQ ( https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#what-is-the-clic... ): > What is the "click-probability" setting? This setting lets you control the…

comment by sixstringtheory · 2018-12-12 · in An open letter to FB, Twitter, Instagram regarding algorithms and my son's birth

…other search engines. No wonder folks are not only blocking but using things like adnauseam - https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam

comment by netclockin · 2018-11-13 · in Improving DuckDuckGo

Even they still have exceptions turned on by default [0]. [0] https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#what-is-the-effs...

comment by dooglius · 2018-02-13 · in Chrome will stop displaying ads that are repeatedly flagged as disruptive

…Or start an ad network, since you've obviously just found an under-served market niche :) 1: https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#what-is-the-effs...

comment by wongarsu · 2017-08-27 · in Pale Moon blocks AdNauseam extension

See https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam

comment by kodablah · 2017-05-19 · in Twitter abandons 'Do Not Track' privacy protection

https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam does the same but for ad-tracking. It hides ads from webbrowser but clicks them in background (just sends request to tracking server that user clicked the ad).

comment by akerro · 2017-03-31 · in Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data

…or a donation. Perhaps just a donation to an organisation related to Mozilla, like EFF. [1] https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/Install-AdNauseam-on...

comment by Fnoord · 2017-01-07 · in Ask HN: Kicking off 2017, what’s your favourite browser?

they posted link on homepage on how to install on Chrome bypassing webstore about 7 hours ago: https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/Install-AdNauseam-on...

comment by em3rgent0rdr · 2017-01-05 · in AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store

I just confirmed you can install this manually in Chromium still. https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/Install-AdNauseam-on...

comment by vlunkr · 2017-01-05 · in AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store

…But the whole attitude that this is some sort of tyrannical thing is a little over the top. 1. https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/Install-AdNauseam-on...

comment by Spoom · 2017-01-05 · in AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store

It's possible to install Chrome extensions outside of the store: https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/Install-AdNauseam-on...

comment by losteric · 2017-01-05 · in AdNauseam Banned from the Google Web Store

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story by nradov · 2017-01-05 · 97 comments

Seems like it'd be easy enough to slap in there https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/blob/master/src/js/adn/co...

comment by douche · 2016-12-20 · in AdNauseam: Fight Back Against Advertising Networks and Privacy Abuse

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story by deletia · 2016-12-20 · 276 comments

The source is here: https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam This actively poisons the advertiser/publisher relationship, which in my opinion is a much harder stance than simply blocking ads. edit: I've tried it using the abp/adnauseam combo but…

comment by jacquesm · 2015-11-22 · in AdNauseam Browser Extension: Clicking Ads So You Don't Have To

https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/issues/422

comment by swinglock · 2015-11-22 · in Baffling Web Trackers by Obfuscating Your Movements Online