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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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AdNauseam is an extension that clicks on every blocked ad to obfuscate browsing data and protect users from tracking by advertising networks (adnauseam.io)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Definitely sends false info as to what kind of products you might like to buy, and maybe what kind of products are worth advertising on the sites you visit, but personally I'd rather send the message "I'm not at all interested, ignore me"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That doesn't make much sense for me,cause modern ads on website for it's literally information violence and that so make ads idea useless for marketers

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere-exposure_effect